Hanging Rock (Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania)
United States historic place
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Hanging Rock, also known as "Overhanging Rock", "Gulph Rock," and "Drummond's Head", is a natural geologic feature in Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The outcropping of phyllite is the remnant of a natural arch eroded by Gulph Creek, that collapsed millennia ago.
The rock has long been associated with General George Washington and the Continental Army's December 1777 March to Valley Forge.
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Township in Pennsylvania, US
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