Lenhartsville

Blue Rocks Boulder Field in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania

Just outside of Lenhartsville, not far from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary , a cascading ribbon of grayish-blue rock flows for nearly a mile between the trees. Tuscarora quartzite is uncommon in Berks County, so geologists are still unsure as to how or why this boulder field exists here. Some experts estimate that it probably formed sometime in the last Ice Age. The field consists of thousands of rock…