Elephant Rocks

Jan 30

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. state of Missouri. The state park is named for a string of large granite boulders which resemble a train of pink circus elephants.

Elephant Rocks State Park

https://mostateparks.com/park/elephant-rocks-state-park

Address: 7390, 7406 MO-21, Belleview, MO 63623

Established: 1967 Elevation: 1,273 ft

Area: 133.75 acres Age: 1.5-billion-year-old

Trail Walk

In between The Rocks

Top of the Rocks

Distance from Home

The distance from St. Louis to Elephant Rocks is 75.9 miles

Trail map of Elephant Rocks

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