Shaking Rock Park

Shaking Rock Park is located in Oglethorpe County, off Highway 78 in Lexington, Georgia.

Before being settled by American pioneers and European emigrants, the area around Shaking Rock was a camping ground of the Cherokee and Creek Indians.

Shaking Rock derived its name from a 27-ton boulder that was so perfectly balanced atop a granite outcrop that it could be moved by the pressure of a hand.

[1] Over time, the elements have disturbed this balance to a degree that the boulder can no longer be moved.

In recent years, there has been a surge of college students from the University of Georgia, as well as other rock-climbing enthusiasts who have ventured to climb the boulders at Shaking Rock Park.