McMinnville, Oregon: Erratic Rock Park
A hilltop boulder that was so out-of-place in McMinnville that it was granted its own park. With a picnic table.
- Address:
- SW Oldsville Rd, McMinnville, OR
- Directions:
- Drive south of town on Hwy 99W/18 for 4.5 miles. Turn right onto McCabe Chapel Rd, then a quick left onto Oldsville Rd. Drive 1.5 miles, look for the brown Erratic Rock sign on the right, and park in the space provided on the left. A paved trail leads a half-mile up a steep hill to the rock.
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The largest glacial erratic (rock of different type than local rock, transported to current site by glacier or ice floe in a large, glacier-dammed lake) in the Willamette Valley in western Oregon. The site is designated Erratic Rock State Park. The approx. 5m long by 2m high rock rests atop a small hill, reached via a path thru a vineyard. Great views of the Cascade Mountains from the rock.
[Chet Zenone, 07/01/2001]Nearby Offbeat Places
- Alf's - Ice Cream, Burgers, and Monkey, McMinnville, OR - 6 mi.
- Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - The Spruce Goose, McMinnville, OR - 8 mi.
- Tim Tharp Yard Art, Fort Hill, OR - 15 mi.
- In the region: 1939 Signal Tower Gas Station, Portland, OR - 41 mi.
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