Comments on: Geo-stumper: name that monolith! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354 Feel Smart Again Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:34:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1388 Lauren Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:46:55 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1388 Haystack Rock is at Cannon Beach Oregon near Ecola Park. VERY recognizable to us Oregonians! Haystack Rock is at Cannon Beach Oregon
near Ecola Park.
VERY recognizable to us Oregonians!

]]> By: Ransom http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1387 Ransom Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:36:33 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1387 Wow, you guys really know your monoliths -- and your 80s film cult classics. Hats off to Aaron! Don't let it go to your head, though; we'll stump you next week! Mike, thanks for your additions. Love that Pacific coast and its crazy-big rocks. Wow, you guys really know your monoliths — and your 80s film cult classics. Hats off to Aaron! Don’t let it go to your head, though; we’ll stump you next week!

Mike, thanks for your additions. Love that Pacific coast and its crazy-big rocks.

]]> By: Mike http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1385 Mike Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:02:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1385 I know it is Haystack Rock, but it is very similar to several "rocks" along the west coast. The one I remember best is Morro Rock in CA. Here is a description from the California Coastal Commission's California Coastal Access Guide (1983): "Morro Rock and the six other volcanic peaks between Morro Bay and the City of San Luis Obispo were formed by volcanic activity over 20 million years ago. The Rock marks the narrow and once treacherous entrance to Morro Bay, sighted originally by the Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo in 1542. Cabrillo never landed there, and it wasn't until Juan Gaspar dr Portola's expedition in 1769 that Europeans first explored the land and met the Chumash Indians, the native inhabitants of the region." The distinctive dome of the Morro Rock that is sometimes called the "Gibraltar of the Pacific." Here's a picture: http://www.bibingka.com/sst/esperanza/morro.gif I know it is Haystack Rock, but it is very similar to several “rocks” along the west coast. The one I remember best is Morro Rock in CA. Here is a description from the California Coastal Commission’s California Coastal Access Guide (1983): “Morro Rock and the six other volcanic peaks between Morro Bay and the City of San Luis Obispo were formed by volcanic activity over 20 million years ago. The Rock marks the narrow and once treacherous entrance to Morro Bay, sighted originally by the Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo in 1542. Cabrillo never landed there, and it wasn’t until Juan Gaspar dr Portola’s expedition in 1769 that Europeans first explored the land and met the Chumash Indians, the native inhabitants of the region.” The distinctive dome of the Morro Rock that is sometimes called the “Gibraltar of the Pacific.” Here’s a picture: http://www.bibingka.com/sst/esperanza/morro.gif

]]> By: Adam http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1381 Adam Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:12:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1381 It's from the Goonies! On a business trip to Oregon we stopped by the coast to get a picture of Haystack Rock. It’s from the Goonies!

On a business trip to Oregon we stopped by the coast to get a picture of Haystack Rock.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1379 Kevin Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:32:49 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1379 What a great photo of haystack rock. You can also get some good photos from the hill tops along the beach. What a great photo of haystack rock. You can also get some good photos from the hill tops along the beach.

]]> By: Hudge http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1374 Hudge Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:00:52 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1374 Rats! Aaron rang in while my internet was thinking about sending my comment... Rats! Aaron rang in while my internet was thinking about sending my comment…

]]> By: Hudge http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1373 Hudge Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:59:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1373 Haystack Rock (Oregon) was good enough for "The Goonies." :D Haystack Rock (Oregon) was good enough for “The Goonies.” :D

]]> By: Aaron http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1371 Aaron Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:49:06 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1371 Which would mean The Goonies. Which would mean The Goonies.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354/comment-page-1#comment-1370 Aaron Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:48:21 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1354#comment-1370 Haystack Rock in Oregon. Haystack Rock in Oregon.

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