genius loci

[Chip]

The Old Man was not alone. In CT there is Giant's Thumb. Rainier has on old man looking east at Ingraham. What other examples of "the spirit of the place " have you seen?

 

[Tom Rankin]

There are at least 2 examples along the way to Balsam Lake Mountain. Katahdin has the skull feature as seen from the Abol Bridge Parking lot.

 

[sierra]

I can think of two. My favorite is the " Angel of Shavano" in CO ( Mt. Shavano- Sawatch Range) and the cross on, Mt.of the Holy Cross, also in CO in the same range.

 

[Breeze]

From our family camp in Hancock ME, we look across part of Frenchman Bay to Acadia. At our angle we see a " face "on the eastern shoulder of Parkman Mtn gazing up at the clouds. Some local lore ( by no means unanimous) calls it the face of Glooskap.

Breeze

 

[skiguy]

The Bigelows "Sleeping Indian"

 

[Billy]

1) After driving into Grand Teton National Park from the south, you can see the Alien Baby in the hillside on the right. It's easy to miss because chances are your head is facing to the left gawking at the Teton range.



2) Angel Glacier in Jasper National Park

To get a sense of scale, note the people on the far side of the lake

 

[Gremlin]

There is a significant Genivs loci in my house, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1830. Everyone notices that one feels relaxed and happy in it. My kids call it the 'happy house'.

 

[marnof]

The genius loci of my favorite local stomping grounds is named Hobbomock, aka Sleeping Giant. Evidently a spell was placed on the gluttonous demigod Hobbomock in ancient times, and we've had a great time hiking all over him since.

http://www.damnedct.com/sleeping-giant-hamden/

A photo ca. late 19th or early 20th C that I got at auction yrs ago:



This was taken before quarrying began on his head.