Pulpit Rock, Rock formation in The Dalles, US

Pulpit Rock is a naturally carved rock about 12 feet (3.7 m) tall, standing on a slight slope in an open area at the intersection of East 12th and Court streets in The Dalles, Oregon. It is directly south of The Dalles-Wahtonka High School and bears a historical marker.

Methodist Reverends Daniel Lee and Henry K. W. Perkins opened the Wascopam Mission at Celilo Falls on March 21, 1838, and preached from this roughly 12-foot rock to Cayuse, Klickitat, Nez Perce, Tenino, Walla Walla and Wasco-Wishram people. The mission closed in 1847, was sold to Marcus Whitman for $600, and the U.S. Army built Fort Dalles on its site in the 1850s.

The name Wascopam came from the neighbouring Wasco people, who cut most of the lumber for the mission buildings. Missionaries Daniel Lee and Henry K. W. Perkins preached from the rock with some initial success in converting local Indigenous peoples. A mural in downtown The Dalles shows the rock as it looked before the surrounding roads and neighbourhood were built.

Pulpit Rock stands in the roadway at the intersection of East 12th and Court streets, just south of The Dalles-Wahtonka High School. A historical marker beside it explains the site. Because it sits in the middle of a street, visitors should approach on foot and watch for traffic.

The city built streets around the formation and left it in its original position rather than removing it. This makes it a rare example of how a community preserved a geological feature by working around it during urban development.