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

Places

Australia

Black Rock, South Australia Black Rock (formerly known as Dalton) is a hamlet in South Australia on the Black Rock Plains at the intersection of the south–north RM Williams Way (B80) between Jamestown and Orroroo and the west–east Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56) to Pe ...

, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains *

Black Rock, Victoria Black Rock is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Bayside local government area. Black Rock recorded a population of 6,389 at the 2021 census. ...

, a suburb of Melbourne *

Blackrock, Queensland Blackrock is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivisi ...

, a locality in Shire of Hinchinbrook * Black Rock (Western Australia), in Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve * Black Rocks, Queensland, rocky islets south of

Bramble Cay Bramble Cay, also known as Maizab Kaur (also spelt Maizub Kaur) and Massaramcoer, is a small cay located at the northeastern edge of Australia and the Torres Strait Islands of Queensland and at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Lying ...

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, an island off north-west Tasmania

Canada

* Black Rock, Colchester County, Nova Scotia *

Black Rock, Cumberland County Black Rock is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County. It is located approximately 10 kilometres west of Parrsboro Parrsboro is a community located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A ...

, Nova Scotia * Black Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia * Black Rock, Victoria County, 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 Blackrock () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, northwest of Dún Laoghaire. Location and access Blackrock covers a large but not precisely defined area, rising from sea level on the coast to at White's Cross on the N11 national primary road. ...

, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city **

Blackrock railway station Blackrock railway station ( ga, Stáisiún An Charraig Dhubh) serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened publicly on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), ...

, railway station serving the Dublin city suburb * Black Rock, Co. Limerick, mountain among the Ballyhouras *

Blackrock, County Louth Blackrock () is a seaside village just to the south of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. The small town is in the townland of Haggardstown and part of the Dundalk metropolitan area. The population of the village is between 3,000 and 5,000. Histo ...

, a village * Blackrock Island, County Mayo, 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) Black Rocks (or Stonnis Rocks), is a small outcrop of ashover gritstone, between Cromford and Wirksworth in Derbyshire, the Peak District, England. It is an important crag in the history of British rock climbing, and has some of the most extre ...

, 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 extend ...

, in Riverside County, California *

Black Rock Falls Uvas Canyon County Park is a natural park located in upper Uvas Canyon on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, west of Morgan Hill, California. The park has several small waterfalls, some of which flow perennially, that feed into tri ...

, waterfall in Uvas Canyon County Park, near Morgan Hill, California *

Black Rock, Bridgeport Black Rock is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It borders Fairfield and the Ash Creek tidal estuary on the west, the West Side/West End of Bridgeport on the north and east, and Black Rock Harbo ...

, Connecticut, a neighborhood **

Black Rock Harbor Black Rock Harbor is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Long Island Sound. The Black Rock Harbor Light on Fayerweather Island 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, an alternative name for Kāohikaipu, a volcanic island near Oahu * Black Rock, Indiana, an extinct community in Warren County * Black Rock (Bristol County, Massachusetts) * Black Rock, a pillar in Montana *

Black Rock, Buffalo Black Rock, once an independent municipality, is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York. In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger har ...

, former town and now a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York *

Black Rock Forest Black Rock Forest is a forest and biological field station maintained by Black Rock Forest Consortium. It is located in the western Hudson Highlands region of the U.S. state of New York, in Orange County, mostly in the town of Cornwall, with t ...

, nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County, New York *

Black Rock Desert __NOTOC__ The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe eco-region) of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a si ...

, 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 *

, in New York *

Black Rock, Oregon Black Rock is an unincorporated community and former logging camp in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is located about three miles west of Falls City, in the Central Oregon Coast Range on the Little Luckiamute River. Background Louis Gerl ...

, 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 approx. 1 mile northwest of the town of Lineboro, Maryland, Lineboro. References

Unincorporated comm ...

, an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania *

Blackrock, Rhode Island Blackrock is a village in Kent County, Rhode Island, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States, located in the New England town, town of Coventry, Rhode Island, Coventry between the villages of Anthony, Rhode Island, Anthony and Arkwright, Rhode ...

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 The Black Rock Desert volcanic field in Millard County, Utah, is a cluster of several volcanic features of the Great Basin including Pahvant Butte, The Cinders, and Tabernacle Hill. The field's Ice Springs event was an explosive eruption follo ...

, Utah *

Black Rock, Millard County, Utah Black Rock is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town in the Beaver Bottoms in southern Millard County, Utah, United States, approximately north of Milford. Description The town was a station stop on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railr ...

, a ghost town * Blackrock, Washington * Black Rock (West Virginia), a mountain

Elsewhere

Black Rock Peak The Black Rock Peak (Traditional Chinese: 烏石峰; Simplified Chinese: 乌石峰), or Wushi Peak, is a hill in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. It faces the Yuquan Campus of Zhejiang University. Introduction The peak h ...

, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China *

Black Rocks (Saint Kitts) Black Rocks, also called Black Stone, is the name of a rock formation on the northeastern coast of the island of Saint Kitts. Located close to the town of Saddlers, the rocks consist of lava flow from the volcanic Mount Liamuiga Mount Liamuiga is ...

, a notable rock formation on the northeastern coast of Saint Kitts * Black Rock (Heard Island)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* ''Black Rock'', a beached ship on the TV show ''Lost''; see Mythology of ''Lost'' * ''

Black Rock Shooter is a Japanese media franchise based on characters created by illustrator Ryohei Fuke, also known as Huke. It revolves around its eponymous character, a mysterious black haired girl with a blazing blue eye. The original illustration insp ...

'', a 2008 Japanese media franchise based on the eponymous female character * Blackrock (comics), an adversary of Superman's in DC Comics * Blackrock Mountain, a mountain in the ''Warcraft'' universe, mostly seen in ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...

'' * G. B. Blackrock, 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 Progressive soul (often shortened to prog-soul; also called black prog, black rock, and progressive R&B) is a type of African-American music that uses a progressive approach, particularly in the context of the soul and funk genres. It developed ...

, a music genre *

Psychedelic soul Psychedelic soul (originally called black rock or conflated with psychedelic funk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1960s and saw Black soul musicians embrace elements of psychedelic rock, including its production techniques, instrumenta ...

, a music genre

Buildings and structures

* Black Rock, a nickname for the

CBS Building The CBS Building, also known as Black Rock, is the headquarters of the CBS broadcasting network at 51 West 52nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The 38-story, building, the only skyscraper designed by Eero Saari ...

in New York City * Black Rock Airport, 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 Black Rock Halt was a railway station in Gwynedd, located between Criccieth and Porthmadog on the former Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway. It served the popular beach at Black Rock Sands beyond the headland it is named after. History The ...

, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976 *

Black Rock Lock The Black Rock Lock is a ship lock in Buffalo, New York, that allows vessels to bypass rapids on the Niagara River at the outlet of Lake Erie. The lock chamber is long, wide, and rises . The original lock at Black Rock was built in 1833 followi ...

, the terminal lock on the Black Rock Canal, part of the Erie Canal *

, in Blackrock, Dublin *

Blackrock Castle Blackrock Castle is a castellated fortification located at Blackrock, about 2 km from Cork city centre on the banks of the River Lee in Ireland. Originally developed as a coastal defence fortification in the 16th century to protect upper ...

, 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 Jos ...

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

Goose Village, Montreal Goose Village (French: "Village-aux-Oies") was a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its official but less commonly used name was Victoriatown, after the adjacent Victoria Bridge. The neighbourhood was built on an area formerly known ...

Businesses and organisations

Black Rock City, LLC The Burning Man Project is the organization that annually plans, manages, and builds Burning Man on the dry lake of the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada. The company coordinates the year-round, behind-the-scenes work needed to build and ...

, the U.S.-based organization behind the annual Burning Man festival *

Black Rock Coalition The Black Rock Coalition is a New York-based artists' collective and nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black musicians. Founding and purpose The BRC was founded in 1985 in New York City ...

, 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 BlackRock, Inc. is an American Multinational corporation, multi-national investment company based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as a Enterprise risk management, risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackR ...

, an American global investment management firm based in New York City *

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary secondary school, voluntary day school, day and boarding school, boarding Catholicism, Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, Dublin, Bl ...

, 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 Black Rock Yacht Club is a Yacht club for off-the-beach sailing boats (mostly dinghies) on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, seventeen kilometres south of Melbourne, Australia. The club was founded in 1904 and has a proud history of Olympic, worl ...

, Australia *

Blackrock College RFC Blackrock College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 by former pupils of Blackrock College. Their senior team currently plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League ...

, rugby club associated with Blackrock College in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland *

Blackrock GAA Blackrock National Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located on the southside of Cork City, Ireland. The club was founded in 1883 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. No other Cork-based GAA club has won m ...

(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), variety of domestic chicken * Blackrock (geology), type of limestone