While all the bridges over the Wissahickon Creek have names, many other features seemed to have escape notice and demarcation. This particular rock, coincidentally near the Equestrian Center, looks enough like a horse's head to be worthy of this name. It is also located at the exact spot where the creek turns into the gorge with the hill of Chestnut Hill on one side and ridge of Ridge Avenue on the other.
Not as dramatic as Old Man of the Mountain, seen here in a picture from Belknap College, which is a composite showing the ghostly Old Man before his tragic demise on May 3, 2003. The clarity of perceiving Horse Head rock is hampered by the leafing of trees in Spring.
The simple glare on the water surface can be remedied in a pinch by shooting the picture through the lens of polarizing sunglasses.
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