Black Rock
Black Rock, Blackrock or Black Rocks may refer to:
Organisations and firms
- BlackRock, a global investment management firm based in New York City
- Black Rock Arts Foundation supports arts programs in San Francisco, California
- Black Rock City, LLC, the organization behind the annual Burning Man festival
- Black Rock Coalition, U.S.-based organization promoting black musicians
- Blackrock College, in Blackrock, Dublin
- Blackrock College RFC, adult rugby union club associated with the school
- Blackrock GAA, in Blackrock, Cork
- Black Rock Football Club, in Black Rock, Victoria
- Black Rock Press – University of Nevada, Reno a publisher
- Black Rock Studio, a video games developer based in Brighton, England
- Black Rock Yacht Club, in Black Rock, Victoria
Places
Australia
- Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
- South Black Rock (Tasmania), small island off north-west Tasmania
- Black Rock, South Australia, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains at the intersections of the roads connecting Peterborough, Jamestown and Orroroo, in the States mid-north
Canada
- Blackrock Mountain, Alberta
- Black Rock, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
- Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
- Black Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia
- Black Rock, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
- The Black Rock, a monument to Irish typhoid victims in Montreal
China
- Black Rock Peak, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
Ireland
- Blackrock, Cork, suburb of Cork city
- Blackrock, Dublin, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city
- Blackrock railway station, a railway station serving the above suburb
- Black Rock, Co. Limerick, one of the Ballyhoura Mountains
- Blackrock, County Louth, seaside village
- Black Rock Mountain, County Wexford
South Georgia, (Southern Atlantic)
- Black Rock, South Georgia, a low rock 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Shag Rocks
- Black Rocks, South Georgia, a small group of rocks 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southeast of Framnaes Point
Saint Kitts
- Black Rocks (Saint Kitts), a notable rock formation on the northeastern coast of the island
United Kingdom
- Black Rock (Brighton and Hove), an area near Brighton Marina
- Black Rocks (Derbyshire), England
- Black Rock Gorge, through which the Allt Graad flows in Scotland
- Black Rock crossing of the River Severn, at Portskewett, Monmouthshire
United States
(ordered by state)
- Black Rock, Arkansas, city in Lawrence County
- Black Rock, Arizona, wilderness area of northwest Arizona
- Blackrock, California, community in Inyo County
- Black Rocks (Riverside County), a geological feature in the Temescal Mountains
- Black Rock Falls, waterfall in Uvas Canyon County Park, near Morgan Hill, California
- Black Rock (Bridgeport), Connecticut, a neighborhood
- Black Rock Harbor, adjacent harbor
- Black Rock State Park, near Watertown, Connecticut
- Black Rock Turnpike, a name for Connecticut State Route 58 in southwestern Connecticut
- Black Rock Mountain State Park, near Mountain City, Georgia
- Black Rock, Indiana, an extinct community in Warren County
- Black Rock, a pillar in Montana
- Black Rock Desert, region of northwestern Nevada
- Black Rock, New Mexico, a census-designated place in northwestern New Mexico
- Black Rock Forest, nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County New York
- Black Rock, Buffalo, former town and now a neighborhood
- Black Rock, Oregon, community in Polk County
- Blackrock, Pennsylvania
- Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, a ghost town
- Black Rock Desert volcanic field, Utah
- Black Rock (West Virginia), a mountain
Buildings and structures
- Black Rock Airport, New Mexico
- Blackrock Castle, in Blackrock, Cork
- Blackrock Clinic, in Blackrock, Dublin
- Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River), Pennsylvania
- Blackrock railway station, in Blackrock, Dublin
- Black Rock Halt railway station, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976
- Black Rock, nickname for the CBS Building in New York City
- Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence in Mecca
- Lapis Niger (Latin: "Black Stone"), ancient shrine in Rome
- The Black Rock, a memorial to Irish typhus victims in Goose Village, Montreal
- The BlackRock Center for the Arts, in Germantown, Maryland
Fiction
- Blackrock (play), 1992 Australian play inspired by the real-life rape and murder of schoolgirl Leigh Leigh
- Blackrock (film), 1997 Australian film based on the play
- Black Rock (2012 film), a 2012 film starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, and Kate Bosworth
- Black Rock Shooter, a Japanese media franchise
- Blackrock (comics), adversary of Superman's in DC Comics
- G. B. Blackrock, character in the Transformers comic book series
- Black Rock, a ship on the TV show Lost
- Blackrock clan from the fantasy universe of the Warcraft series
- Blackrock Mountain, a mountain in the Warcraft universe, mostly seen in World of Warcraft
Other uses
- An alternative name for psychedelic soul
- Black Rock (band), dance production duo from France
- Blakroc, a 2009 collaboration project between the band The Black Keys and a number of hiphop and R&B artists
- Black Rock (hen), variety of domestic chicken
- Blackrock (geology), type of limestone
- Black Rock (James Blood Ulmer album), 1982
- Black Rock (Joe Bonamassa album), 2010
- Blackrock Rugby Festival, a schools' rugby festival hosted by St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya
See also
- Black Hill (disambiguation)
- Black Hills (disambiguation)
- Black metal
- Black Mountain (disambiguation)
- Black Mountains (disambiguation)
- Black Stone (disambiguation)
- Blackstone (disambiguation)
- Blackstones (disambiguation)
- All articles beginning with Black Rock (including articles beginning with Black Rocks)
- All articles beginning with Blackrock
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