{"id":3250,"date":"2014-04-19T20:53:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T23:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=3250"},"modified":"2014-12-21T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T14:51:03","slug":"balancing-rock-nova-scotia-travel-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=3250","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Rock, Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock25851.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3253\" alt=\"Balancing Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock25851.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>Balancing Rock is a column of tholeiitic basalt, part of the\u00a0North Mountain Basalt\u00a0lava flows of Jurassic age, between Tiverton and Central Grove on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/92421500\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We stopped on our way back from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=673\" target=\"_blank\">Brier Island<\/a>.\u00a0The hike to balancing rock was very wet when we were there. Fortunately I was wearing waterproof sandals this day and didn&#8217;t mind the water this hot summer day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock26741.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3255\" alt=\"Balancing Rock path\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock26741.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>Be prepared for a good hike, as the trek down the steps is quite steep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock26701.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3254\" alt=\"Balancing Rock path\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock26701.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The view is quite spectacular once you arrive, and the wooden platform will hold about 20 people at once.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?page_id=4393\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3256\" alt=\"BalancingRock2699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock26991.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock27141.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3252\" alt=\"BalancingRock2714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock27141.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Balancing-Rock-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3371\" alt=\"Balancing-Rock-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Balancing-Rock-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock_4492.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4750\" alt=\"Balancing Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BalancingRock_4492.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"869\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d45638.79380539913!2d-66.224296!3d44.362869999999994!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4ca8322079187921%3A0xf2cc31859cff9995!2sBalancing+Rock!5e0!3m2!1sen!2s!4v1397998543670\" height=\"500\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1171527212262185\"; \/* Med rectangle *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1655759352\"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balancing Rock is a column of tholeiitic basalt, part of the\u00a0North Mountain Basalt\u00a0lava flows of Jurassic age, between Tiverton and Central Grove on Long Island. 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