What is Natural Bridge State Park (massachusetts)?

Information about Natural Bridge State Park (massachusetts)

Natural Bridge State Park is a Massachusetts state park located in North Adams, in the northwestern part of the state. It contains the only natural white marble arch/bridge in North America. Its natural bridge, which spans Hudson Brook, was formed by glacial melt by 11,000 BC, from 550 million year old bedrock.

Formerly the site of a marble quarry (1810-1947) and privately-owned tourist attraction (1950-1983), the site became a state park in 1985. The arch and associated quarry have long attracted attention from hikers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1838, who wrote of it (among other local features) in his An American Notebook.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Flag of Massachusetts Seal
''Nickname(s): Bay State State Bird = Black-capped Chickadee''
''Motto(s): Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin: By the sword she seeks peace under liberty)''


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State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico.
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Natural bridge or Natural Bridge can refer to several things:
  • Natural arch, a land formation sometimes referred to as a natural bridge
  • Natural Bridge, Queensland, in the Gold Coast hinterland, Australia

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1860s
Born: July 4 1804(1804--)
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 19 1864 (aged 61)
Plymouth, New Hampshire, United States
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