Split Rock
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
- Hikes to this location
- Paradise Park Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Paradise Park-Hidden Lake Loop Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Paradise Park via Burnt Lake Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Paradise Park from Timberline Lodge Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Timberline Trail around Mount Hood Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Paradise Park via the Sandy River Hike (TH | <— —> | LOG)
- Weather forecast: NWS/NOAA
- Maps: Oregon Hikers Maps Google Maps
- Latitude, Longitude: 45.3578, -121.7477
- Elevation: 5855 feet
Description
Split Rock is a massive rounded boulder split in two within sight of the Paradise Park Loop Trail. It is guarded by a single whitebark pine, with mountain ash bushes on the south side and maple-leaf currant on the north. There have been a few campfires in the sheltered split as the blackened rock face suggests.
There are plaques on the Rock honoring William P. Hardesty and Charles H. Sholes, both past Presidents of the Mazamas. Sholes assumed the annual presidency several times between 1896 and 1908, while Hardesty led the first official Mazamas hike on April 7th, 1912. The Hardesty Cup is an annual Mazamas award given to trail leaders.
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