Black Rock, Blackrock, Black Rocks, etc. may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Black Rock, South Australia, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains * Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne *

Blackrock, Queensland Blackrock is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook The Shire of Hinchinbrook is a local government area in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Ingham, covers an area of , and has existed ...

, a locality in Shire of Hinchinbrook *

Black Rock (Western Australia) Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife east of Albany, Western Australia. The area is accessible by 2WD vehicles. The bay itself, including two small secluded beaches, faces due ea ...

, in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve * Black Rocks, Queensland, rocky islets south of Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait * Black Rocks, South Australia, an islet off the western Eyre Peninsula in

Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park The Avoid Bay Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying three islands located west-southwest of Coffin Bay on the Eyre Peninsula. The group, which includes Black Rocks and Sudden Jerk Isl ...

South Black Rock South Black Rock is a small island with an area of <1 ha, in

Black Rock, Colchester County Clifton is a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 51,476 the county is the fourth largest in Nova Sc ...

, Nova Scotia * Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia *

Black Rock, Kings County Black Rock is a community in Kings County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provi ...

, Nova Scotia *

Black Rock, Victoria County The Municipality of the County of Victoria is a county municipality on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to about 7,000 residents of the eponymous historical county except for the Wagmatcook 1 reserve. Th ...

, Nova Scotia *

Blackrock Mountain (Alberta) Black Rock Mountain (frequently misspelled Blackrock Mountain) is a mountain on the eastern fringe of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. Black Rock Mountain was descriptively named. It is located on the north-eastern edge of Kananaskis Co ...

, Alberta *

Irish Commemorative Stone The Irish Commemorative Stone (also known as the Black Rock) is a monument in Pointe-Saint-Charles, island of Montreal, Quebec commemorating the deaths from "ship fever" (typhoid) of 6,000 mostly Irish immigrants to Canada during the immigration f ...

, also known as The Black Rock, a monument to Irish typhoid victims in Montreal

Ireland

Blackrock, Cork Blackrock is a suburb, with a village core, in the southeast of Cork City, Ireland. Originally a small fishing village about five kilometres from Cork City, the growth of the city over time has meant that the village has become incorporated into ...

, suburb of Cork city * Blackrock, Dublin, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city ** Blackrock railway station, railway station serving the Dublin city suburb *

Black Rock, Co. Limerick Seefin ( ga, Suí Finn) is a mountain near the southern border of County Limerick, Ireland. At 528m (1,732 ft) it is the highest point and the second most northerly summit in the Ballyhoura Mountains and the 396th highest in Ireland. Latitude: 5 ...

, mountain among the Ballyhouras * Blackrock, County Louth, a village *

Blackrock Island, County Mayo Blackrock Island (; ga, An Tor) is a rocky island rising to a height of 70 metres above sea level and located northwest of Achill Island approximately 12 miles west of Blacksod Bay. Typical rainfall is 72 inches per annum, and the island is ...

, rocky islet toward Blacksod Bay, County Mayo *

Black Rock Mountain, County Wexford Black Rock Mountain () is in the Blackstairs Mountains which are located on the Carlow-Wexford border. The Blackstairs are divided into two massifs, to the north Mount Leinster and to the south Blackstairs Mountain. Black Rock is the termina ...

South Georgia (Southern Atlantic)

Black Rock, South Georgia Black Rock ( es, Roca Negra) () is a low rock southeast of Shag Rocks and some west-northwest of South Georgia. Black Rock may have been considered as part of the "Aurora Islands" reported in this vicinity by the ship ''Aurora'' in 1762. It ...

, low rock well off Shag Rocks *

Black Rocks, South Georgia Framnaes Point () is a point southwest of Cape Saunders, on the north side of Stromness Bay Stromness Bay is a bay wide, entered between Cape Saunders and Busen Point on the north coast of South Georgia. Stromness Bay, like Leith Harbour ...

, near Framnaes Point

United Kingdom

Black Rock (Brighton and Hove) Black Rock is an area of undeveloped land located near Brighton Marina in the city of Brighton and Hove. It was previously the site of a swimming pool that was demolished in the 1980s. There is also an area just to the east of the Marina that i ...

, an area near Brighton Marina, South East England * Black Rock, a crossing of the River Severn at

Portskewett Portskewett ( cy, Porthsgiwed or ''Porthysgewin'') is a village and community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitive part of the ...

, Monmouthshire *

Black Rock Gorge Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleft in Old Red Sandstone conglomerate through which the Allt Graad (also known as the 'River Glass') flows in Easter Ross, Scotland. It was caused by rapids heavily burdened with sediment being carried upwar ...

, through which the Allt Graad flows in Scotland * Black Rocks (Derbyshire), England

United States

(sorted by state) *

Black Rock, Arizona Black Rock, Arizona is located just south of the Utah–Arizona state line in the extreme northwest area of the state. It is an area of the Arizona Strip in the north Mojave Desert just off Interstate 15. The area is accessed by the Black Rock ...

, wilderness area of northwest Arizona *

Black Rock, Arkansas Black Rock is a city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States, along the Black River. The population was 662 at the 2010 census. Geography Black Rock is located in northern Lawrence County at (36.107794, -91.098913), at the eastern edge of ...

, city in Lawrence County * Black Rocks, a geological feature in the

Temescal Mountains Temescal Mountains, also known as the Sierra Temescal ( Spanish for "sweat lodge range"), are one of the northernmost mountain ranges of the Peninsular Ranges in western Riverside County, in Southern California in the United States. They exte ...

, in Riverside County, California * Black Rock Falls, waterfall in Uvas Canyon County Park, near Morgan Hill, California * Black Rock, Bridgeport, Connecticut, a neighborhood ** Black Rock Harbor, adjacent harbor in Bridgeport, Connecticut *

Black Rock State Park Black Rock State Park is a seasonal public recreation area adjoining Mattatuck State Forest in the New England town, town of Watertown, Connecticut, Watertown, Connecticut. The state park covers and is known for its large rock face, Black Rock, ...

, near Watertown, Connecticut *

Black Rock Turnpike Route 58 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut connecting the towns of Fairfield and Bethel. Route 58 is long and is one of the primary routes to the downtown Danbury area via Routes 302 and 53. Route description Route 58 ...

, a name for Connecticut State Route 58 in southwestern Connecticut *

Black Rock Mountain State Park Black Rock Mountain State Park is a Georgia, United States, state park west of Mountain City in Rabun County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is named after its sheer cliffs of dark-colored biotite gneiss. Astride the Eastern Continental D ...

, near Mountain City, Georgia *

Black Rock, Hawaii Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white ha ...

, an alternative name for Kāohikaipu, a volcanic island near Oahu *

Black Rock, Indiana Black Rock is an extinct community located in Warren Township in Warren County, Indiana, near the border with Tippecanoe County. The site, which is still listed as a populated place by the USGS, is mostly forested and is part of the Black R ...

, an extinct community in Warren County *

Black Rock (Bristol County, Massachusetts) Black Rock is a barren, uninhabited island in Bristol County, Massachusetts Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to ...

* Black Rock, a pillar in Montana * Black Rock, Buffalo, former town and now a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York * Black Rock Forest, nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County, New York * Black Rock Desert, region of northwestern Nevada *

Black Rock, New Mexico Black Rock ( nv, ) is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,323 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Geography ...

, a census-designated place in northwestern New Mexico * Black Rock, Buffalo, in New York * Black Rock, Oregon, community in Polk County *

Blackrock, Pennsylvania Blackrock is an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. Blackrock is located near the Mason–Dixon line The Mason–Dixon line, also called the Mason and Dixon line or Mason's and Dixon's line, is a demarcatio ...

, an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania * Blackrock, Rhode Island *

Black Rock (Great Salt Lake) The Black Rock on Great Salt Lake near Lake Point, Utah is a historic landmark. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 as part of the Black Rock Site. The site includes Black Rock and foundation ruins of the former Black ...

, a historic landmark in Tooele County, Utah * Black Rock Desert volcanic field, Utah * Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, a ghost town *

Blackrock, Washington Blackrock also known as Black Rock is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located approximately twelve miles north of Sunnyside. The community was founded on Blackrock creek, east of Moxee and was named a ...

Black Rock (West Virginia) Black Rock is a summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain ...

, a mountain

Elsewhere

* Black Rock Peak, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China * Black Rocks (Saint Kitts), a notable rock formation on the northeastern coast of Saint Kitts *

Black Rock (Heard Island) Black Rock () is a small, dark rock lying immediately northwest of Morgan Island and 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) north of Heard Island. The feature appears to be roughly shown on an 1860 sketch map prepared by Captain H.C. Chester, American sealer ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* ''Black Rock'', a beached ship on the TV show ''Lost''; see Mythology of ''Lost'' * '' Black Rock Shooter'', a 2008 Japanese media franchise based on the eponymous female character *

Blackrock (comics) B'wana Beast Baby-Doll Bad Samaritan The Bad Samaritan (alias Zviad Baazovi) is a supervillain, and enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in ''The Outsiders'' #3 (January 1986). He is a former Soviet spymaster who became a neutral party ...

, an adversary of Superman's in DC Comics * Blackrock Mountain, a mountain in the ''Warcraft'' universe, mostly seen in '' World of Warcraft'' *

G. B. Blackrock This is a list of characters in the ''Transformers'' Generation 1 comics series. Non-Transformer characters A * Aunty - The Autobots computer on board the Ark. B * Walter Barnett - US government official and friend of the Autobots. Originally su ...

, a character in the ''Transformers'' comic book series

Films

* ''Black Rock'' (2012 film), a 2012 film starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, and Kate Bosworth * ''Blackrock'' (film), a 1997 Australian film based on the 1992 play

Literature

* ''Black Rock'' (novel), by Steve Harris * ''Blackrock'' (play), 1992 Australian play inspired by the real-life rape and murder of schoolgirl Leigh Leigh

Music

Black Rock (band) Black Rock is a dance production duo from France, consisting of DJ/remixers, André Schmid and Dimitri Derisiotis. In 2005, the duo scored one of their biggest dance hits with the song, "Blue Water". The track, also featured in the 2004 film ''I ...

, dance production duo from France * ''Black Rock'' (James Blood Ulmer album), 1982 * ''Black Rock'' (Joe Bonamassa album), 2010 * ''Black Rock'' (Onyx album), 2018 * Progressive soul, a music genre * Psychedelic soul, a music genre

Buildings and structures

* Black Rock, a nickname for the CBS Building in New York City *

Black Rock Airport Black Rock Airport was a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Zuni Pueblo, a pueblo in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. It was owned by the Pueblo of Zuñi. According ...

, New Mexico *

Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River) The Black Rock Dam is a low head dam in the Schuylkill River. Originally constructed as a stone filled, Dam#Timber dams, timber crib dam in the early 19th century by the Schuylkill Navigation Company, the dam was one of dozens built to create a ...

, Pennsylvania * Black Rock Halt railway station, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976 * Black Rock Lock, the terminal lock on the Black Rock Canal, part of the Erie Canal * Blackrock railway station, in Blackrock, Dublin * Blackrock Castle, in Blackrock, Cork * BlackRock Center for the Arts, in

Germantown, Maryland Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of 2020 U.S. Decennial Census, Germantown is the third most populous place in Maryland, after the city of Baltimore ...

Blackrock Clinic Blackrock Clinic ( ga, Clinic na Carraige Duibhe) is a private hospital in Blackrock, Dublin. It is associated with both the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin. History The hospital was founded by surgeons Jose ...

, in Blackrock, Dublin * The Black Rock, a memorial to Irish typhus victims in Goose Village, Montreal

Businesses and organisations

* Black Rock City, LLC, the U.S.-based organization behind the annual Burning Man festival * Black Rock Coalition, a U.S.-based organization promoting black musicians *

Black Rock Studio Black Rock Studio Limited was a British video game developer based in Brighton, England. It was a division of Disney Interactive Studios. The studio was founded by Tony Beckwith in 1998 as Pixel Planet. It was acquired by the Climax Group in 19 ...

, a U.K. video games developer * BlackRock, an American global investment management firm based in New York City * Blackrock College, a secondary school in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland *

Blackrocks Brewery Blackrocks Brewery is a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan. Taking the name from a local landmark, David Manson and Andy Langlois opened Blackrocks in 2010 as a nanobrewery within a Victorian-style house. , Blackrocks is the tenth-largest bre ...

, a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan, United States

Sports

Black Rock FC Black Rock FC is an American soccer club that plays in USL League Two. The team's administrative base is in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. History The club was established in 2013 to develop Berkshire County players and prep school athletes ...

, an American soccer club *

Black Rock Football Club The Black Rock Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Black Rock, Victoria, Black Rock. The club will compete in 2nd division in the 2016 season. History The club commenced official comp ...

, Australia * Black Rock Yacht Club, Australia * Blackrock College RFC, rugby club associated with Blackrock College in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland * Blackrock GAA (Blackrock Gaelic Athletic Association), also known as Blackrock Hunting Club, in Blackrock, Cork, Ireland *

Blackrock Rugby Festival The Blackrock Rugby Festival (also known as the St. Mary's Blackrock Festival or simply Blackrock), is an annual school's rugby union competition held at St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya, usually around 17 and 23 May. It is claimed to be the ...

, a schools' rugby festival hosted by St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya

Other uses

Black Rock (hen) Sex-links are crossbred chickens whose color at hatching is differentiated by sex, thus making chick sexing an easier process. Sex-links come in several varieties. As hybrids of laying or dual-purpose breeds infused with extra vigor via hetero ...

, variety of domestic chicken *

Blackrock (geology) The Pembroke Limestone Group is a stratigraphic unit of Courceyan to Brigantian age (Early Carboniferous) found in southern Wales and northern Somerset. It forms part of the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup. These carbonate rocks developed in ...

, type of limestone