Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef National Natural Landmark

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Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef National Natural Landmark
Early postcard photo of Hanging Rock
Map of Indiana
Location	Wabash County, Indiana, United States
Coordinates	40°49′48″N 85°42′26″W / 40.83°N 85.70722°W / 40.83; -85.70722
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Established	2009

U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1986

Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site in Wabash County, Indiana, that was designated a National Natural Landmark in May 1986. The site, located on the southern bank of the Wabash River near the town of Lagro, contains an impressive natural exposure of fossilized coral reef dating from the Silurian Period some 400 million years ago. The limestone reef deposit rises 75 feet (23 m) above the river and is being undercut by it, giving the site its "hanging" appearance.

Hanging Rock is owned by Acres Land Trust, and is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. Camping and littering at Hanging Rock are prohibited.

References

"ACRES Preserves". Acres Land Trust. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
"Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef". nps.gov. National Park Service.

External links

Acres Land Trust
National Park Service Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark

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National Natural Landmarks in Indiana

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v t e Protected areas of Indiana
National Park Service	George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Indiana Dunes National Park Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
National Forest	Hoosier
National Wildlife Refuges	Big Oaks Muscatatuck Patoka River
National Natural Landmarks	Big Walnut Creek Cabin Creek Raised Bog Calvert and Porter Woods Nature Preserve Cowles Bog Donaldson Cave System and Woods Dunes Nature Preserve Fern Cliff Nature Preserve Hanging Rock and Wabash Reef Harrison Spring Hoosier Prairie Marengo Cave Meltzer Woods Ohio Coral Reef (Falls of the Ohio) Pine Hills Natural Area Pinhook Bog Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest Portland Arch Nature Preserve Rise at Orangeville Rocky Hollow-Falls Canyon Nature Preserve Tamarack Bog Nature Preserve Wesley Chapel Gulf Wesselman Park Woods Wyandotte Cave
State Parks	Brown County Chain O'Lakes Charlestown Clifty Falls Deam Lake Falls of the Ohio Fort Harrison Harmonie Indiana Dunes Lincoln McCormick's Creek Mounds O'Bannon Woods Ouabache Pokagon Potato Creek Prophetstown Shades Shakamak Spring Mill Starve Hollow Summit Lake Tippecanoe River Turkey Run Versailles White River Whitewater Memorial
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State Fish and Wildlife Areas	Hovey Lake Jasper–Pulaski Kankakee Kingsbury LaSalle Pigeon River J. E. Roush Tri-County Willow Slough Winamac
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