About an hour northwest of Philadelphia, just on the outskirts of Pottstown in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania there is an opportunity to explore an intriguing park known as Ringing Rocks County Park. I just happened to come across it on Google Maps when trying to find an place interesting to take my kids too.
The park is part of the Lower Pottsgrove Township which provides almost no information of this unique park. The website only lists this park being 38.4 acres with features that includes a pond, stream, trails, water and wooded area.
At the time of this blog posting, the Montgomery County website had no listing nor information on Ringing Rock park.
Really, this is just a long preamble to say that I could only find limited information on the park and the history that led to its existence. After some searching, I did come across the Lower Pottsgrove Historical Society's short narrative of the park, which dates this park to 1894 with the creation of the "trolley park."
The relative location to the entrance of the park is 40.27013475181138, -75.60613325655089. You can also plug in the Ringing Hill Fire Company, Ringing Rocks Roller Rink or Ringing Rocks Park into your GPS and you'll be taken right to this park. It's a bit deceiving when you are navigating to the park as it's actually nestled inside a neighborhood; trust your GPS!
Feel free to park by the roller rink and head towards the small and unimpressive red and white sign stating "No Vehicles Beyond This Point By The Order of Ringing Hill Fire Co." The rock formation is located about 125 feet down an unimproved path, from the parking lot.
