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Elephant Rocks State Park
- Established
- 1967
- Acreage
- 135 · 135-acre geologic reserve; 120 acres donated by geologist John Stafford Brown
- Location
- Iron County, MO in the St. Francois Mountains near Graniteville (southeast Missouri)
- Key features
- Train of giant 1.5-billion-year-old pink granite boulders (some 600+ tons and 20+ ft tall, including 'Dumbo' at 27 ft tall, 35 ft long, ~680 tons); abandoned 19th-century granite quarry pits; 'Fat Man's Squeeze' and 'The Maze'
- Activities
- Hiking the 1-mile Braille Trail, scrambling among the boulders, picnicking, photography, exploring the historic quarry pits
- Notable
- The 1-mile Braille Trail was the first trail in the Missouri state-park system designed specifically for visitors with visual and physical disabilities
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Source: en.wikipedia.org · 2026-05-08