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Castle Rock
Towns
Several towns in the United States are named "Castle Rock":
- Castle Rock, Colorado
- Castle Rock, Washington
- Castle Rock, Wisconsin
- Castle Rock Township, Minnesota
There is also Castle Rock, Maine, a fictional town used by Stephen King as the setting for a number of his works.
Mountains
Castle Rock is also the name of several mountains and rock outcroppings:
- Castle Rock State Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, used by residents of the San Francisco Bay Area for rock climbing practice.
- Castle Rock State Park , in the Rock River valley.
- Castle Rock, near Leavenworth, Washington, a popular climbing destination, first climbed in 1957 by Fred Beckey, Dave Collins , and Don Gordon .
- Castle Rock, near McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
- Castle Rock, Western Australia in the Porongurup Range.
Misc.
The name Castle Rock has also had various other uses:
- Castle Rock Entertainment, a film production company founded by Rob Reiner and named after King's fictional town.
- Castle Rock Winery , a winery in California.
- Castle Rock , a monthly newsletter about Stephen King published from January 1985 through December 1989. It was edited by Christopher Spruce , King's brother in law.
- Castle Rock (螺洲白排) is an island of Hong Kong, part of the Po Toi group.
- Castle Rock is the hill on which Edinburgh Castle is built on in Scotland.
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