Van Hise Rock

Infobox_nrhp | name =Van Hise Rock
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Rock Springs, Wisconsin
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 21.67
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 89
long_minutes = 54
long_seconds = 55.13
long_direction = W
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-2119432059&ResourceType=Object
title=Van Hise Rock |accessdate=2008-01-02|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=97001267

Van Hise Rock is a rock outcropping significant for its association with geologist Charles Van Hise. [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/register/viewSummary.asp?refnum=97001267]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/97001267.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Van Hise Rock] |185 KB|date=July 24, 1994 |author=Joanne Kluessendorf |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/97001267.pdf "Accompanying 4 photos, of Van Hise himself, of explanatory plaque, and of outcropping, from 1991 and other dates."] |670 KB]

It is located on Wisconsin Highway 136, about 3/4 mile north of intersection with Wisconsin Highway 154.

External links

* [http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/geolwisc/geostops/rocksprs.htm Van Hise Rock, Rock Springs, Wisconsin]

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