The most fascinating thing about this rock is the view. On one side you have a perfect view of three baseball fields where you can enjoy watching more than one game at a time. On the other side, you have what most people admire when they go there, a view of Midtown Manhattan. A smooth hill-like area makes climbing the rock fairly easy. On top there are patches of grass, random smaller rocks scattered about and, in a corner, a bridge connects the rock to a playground.
Umpire rock got its name from its perfect view of the three baseball fields right next to it but it was also once known as Rat Rock. This was because of the number of rats that would wait for nightfall and come together on this rock. At one point it was illegal to climb Umpire Rock and people would get ticketed for doing so.
The City Climbers Club put an end to this by coming to an agreement with the park authorities, adding safety features to make it safer to climb. Dick offers Frank a tour of the city in which they visit Central Park. When the boys finally reach Central Park, Frank seems very unimpressed, and decides that he is not interested in visiting it anymore. With the help of a friend, Dick learns how to read and write, but by this time Frank is gone.
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Similar images Browse by category You're with your family for a semi-annual outing to the Big City and are heading down to the Time Square area to check out some stores and your husband suggests a side trip. He says there's this neat rock in Central Park called Umpire Rock. It's other name is Rat Rock, supposedly because of all the rats that used to swarm there at night. He wants some photographs. My wife, bless her soul, is used to these types of requests and typically humors me.
My brother-in-law, the high finance computer whiz, tags along good naturedly he knows me well enough by now to not even question such requests. So off we go on a pilgrimage to Rat Rock in Manhattan. If you've ever walked in Central Park, you'll know that it's is studded with rock outcrops. They belong to a rock unit named the Manhattan Formation.
Much of the Manhattan Formation is a metamorphic rock called schist and is quite pretty since it's primarily composed of flakes of mica which reflect sunlight creating a sparkly rock. The Manhattan schist a highly-deformed rock with much folding:. Posted by Steven Schimmrich at AM. Jessie June 11, at AM.
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