Elephant Rock Mo

The elephant rocks which were formed from 1 5 billion year old granite are giant boulders that stand end to end like a train of circus elephants.

Elephant rock mo. Walk between and around giant pink granite boulders the size of elephants. While you re in the area you might want to check out a couple other missouri state park sites. Learn about missouri s granite mining history. The elephant shaped boulders at elephant rocks state park may not be the stars of a circus but these giant granite boulders are the stars of this unusual park in southeast missouri.

Elephant rocks state park is a state owned geologic reserve and public recreation area encompassing an outcropping of precambrian granite in the saint francois mountains in the u s. Spend some time reading the names and comments carved into the red granite by 19th century miners who worked in the area. Joe state park and missouri mines state historic park. Elephant rocks is one of my favorite missouri state parks.

Johnson s shut ins is down the road as well as st. The park was created following the donation of the land to the state in 1967 by. Elephant rocks state park is located about 70 miles south of the st. The main trail braille trail is an.

Huge pink granite boulders some of them weighing over 600 tons and standing over 20 feet tall are strewn across a few acres like a giant natural playground. State of missouri the state park is named for a string of large granite boulders which resemble a train of pink circus elephants.