Atlas Obscura

Wind Sculpts Appalachian Rocks Into Genuinely Unsettling Bear Shapes

Perched more than 4,000 feet above sea level at the northern edge of Dolly Sods, Bear Rocks is one of the most unusual landscapes in the Appalachian Mountains. Its broad sandstone outcrops overlook the Allegheny Front, while stunted red spruce, blueberry and huckleberry heath,…