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	Elephant Rocks State Park - Missouri State Park - - nearby DESLOGE, FARMINGTON
		Elephant Rocks State Park Brochure - Elephant Rocks State Park ELEPHANT ROCKS STATE PARK Perhaps one of the most curious geological formations in Missouri is...
		Elephant Rocks State Park Photo Gallery - Elephant Rocks State Park Elephant Rocks State Park is the smallest of the state parks we visit, the trail which forms the...
		Elephant Rocks State Park - Elephant Rocks At Elephant Rocks State Park, spheroidal weathering along joints in the Graniteville Granite has produced a spectacular "herd of stone elephants." The walls of the abandoned quarry...
	www.stateparks.com /elephant_rocks.html (443 words)

	Missouri Nature Walks,Ozark Mountain Heritage Region, Iron County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The mountain and several other igeneous mountains in the park, are located in the heart of the rugged 5,000 square mile St. Francois Mountains, which are the core of the Ozark Highlands.
		Elephant rocks are sculpted by time, they are ancient dating back to the Precambrian Era, 1.2 billion years ago.
		Bell Mountain, elevation of 1,702ft, is an oblong-oval shape of igneous knob rock of granite glades of 9,027 acres.
	www.angelfire.com /indie/onelove_nwalk/ozirn.html (1085 words)

	Travel destination: Elephant rocks in the Ozarks
		These giant rocks are continually decomposing, but as time passes, more stone elephants are being made between the joints and cracks of the granite hillside in the park.
		Elephant State Park is also the first Missouri park to have a designated Braille Trail for the visually impaired.
		Elephant Rocks State Park is recognized for its outstanding geological value and protected from development.
	ks.essortment.com /elephantsrocks_rwfh.htm (392 words)

	Elephant Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Elephants are capable of pulling up to 11.5 liters (3 gallons) of water into the trunk to be sprayed into the mouth for drinking or onto the back for bathing.
		Elephant tusks are the major source of ivory, but because of the increased rarity of elephants, hunting and ivory trade is now restricted and in some countries illegal.
		African elephants tend to be larger than the Asian species (up to 4 m high and 7500 kg) and have bigger ears (which are rich in veins and thought to help in cooling off the blood in the hotter African climate).
	1st-in-elephant.com /1/Elephant-Rock.html (947 words)

	About River Hills Traveler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		And Elephant Rocks State Park was recommended as a good place to go in deer season if you want to get into the great outdoors, but don't care to deer hunt.
		Fortunately, southeastern Missouri has a rich selection of state parks where deer season is closed, providing non-hunters or those who fill their tags early to take in nature without venturing among the orange clad hunters.
		The trail from the parking area to the elephant rocks is unusual in that it is designed to be used by blind people.
	www.riverhillstraveler.com /1104news.html (1044 words)

	Elephant Rocks State Park Brochure
		Although the rocks are continually decomposing as time goes by, more stone elephants are in the making between the cracks and joints of the granite hillside in the park.
		Elephant Rocks State Park is the first park in Missouri to have a trail designed especially for people with visual and physical disabilities.
		Signs along the trail, written in Braille and in regular text, describe the origin of the elephant rocks and guide visitors along a paved one-mile path that is ideal for disabled as well as elderly park visitors.
	www.pittstate.edu /services/scied/Teachers/Field/Camp/Elephant/pamp.htm (681 words)

	Elephant Rocks State Park - General Information - Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites, MoDNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Elephant Rocks Natural Area can be easily viewed from the one-mile paved Braille Trail.
		Although the elephant rocks are continually eroding away, new elephants are constantly being exposed.
		The higher quality granite blocks produced from quarries before the area became a state park were used for building homes and other structures; the flawed and damaged stone was hammered into blocks, which were used for paving streets.
	www.mostateparks.com /elephantrock/geninfo.htm (626 words)

	Recreation - Reis Biological Station \| Saint Louis University
		Onondaga Cave State Park and the adjacent Huzzah Wildlife Area are twelve miles from the Station.
		All three of these State Parks are located within the St. Francois Mountains which were formed by volcanoes more than a billion years ago.
		The igneous rock formations of the St. Francois Mountains are unique within the Missouri Ozarks which are comprised primarily of sedimentary rocks such as dolomite and limestone.
	rbs.slu.edu /recreation.html (471 words)

	AAA Traveler Magazine - Geological Formations
		You reach the park’s summit, where the silent elephants are frozen in time, by a short flight of stairs.
		At Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, the swift waters of the Black River cascade over and around solid blue-gray rocks that jut through the earth, forming a spectacular series of chutes, potholes and canyon-like gorges.
		And Grand Gulf State Park in south-central Missouri, is often called Little Grand Canyon because it was created when the ceiling of a giant cave collapsed.
	www.aaamissouri.com /traveler/0007/naturala.html (1152 words)

	Año Nuevo SR
		Elephant seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals come ashore to rest, mate, and give birth in the sand dunes or on the beaches and offshore islands.
		Año Nuevo State Reserve is the site of the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal, and the interpretive program has attracted increasing interest every winter for the past 19 years.
		The elephant seals return to Año Nuevo's beaches during the spring and summer months to molt and can be observed during this time through a permit system.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=523 (620 words)

	Elephant Rocks State Park
		Made from a quarry into a state park, it is a really cool place to experience and have some fun.
		Dumbo, the biggest elephant of them all, is twenty seven feet tall, thirty five feet long, seventeen feet wide, and weighing in at six hundred eighty tons.
		Rock climbing equiptment is not to be used in the park.
	www.angelfire.com /mo3/jonathansharp/elephant.html (359 words)

	Farmington Chamber of Commerce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Set in the eastern-Ozark sandstone country, park is known for it's magnificent pine-trees and wild Azaleas.
		This park, named for a former Missouri governor, dates to the 1920's and encompasses 5,163 acres of the St.Francois Mountains.
		State's highest point, Taum Sauk Mountain and highest waterfall, Mina Sauk Falls, are highlights of this rugged area in the scenic St.Francois mountains.
	www.farmingtonmo.org /web_pages/parkland.html (671 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - arasnosliw's Missouri Off The Beaten Path Tips
		This state park is a mecca for mountain bikers in the St. Louis region.
		Hawn State Park is 60 miles south of St. Louis and 20 miles west of Ste.
		Parking: Overnight parking is available at two locations, one along Highway A (5 miles south of Hwy 32) west of Bell Mountain and another northeast of Bell Mountain along Forest Road 2228 about 2-miles off of Hwy A to the east (watch for sign on Hwy A).
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/6d7ce/515/6 (2348 words)

	CVO Menu - America's Volcanic Past - Missouri
		Unlike the relatively young rocks that characterize neighboring provinces, the rocky outcrops that make up the core of the Ouachita-Ozark Highlands are Paleozoic age carbonate and other sedimentary rocks that were originally deposited on the sea floor.
		These rocks closely match deformed strata found today in the Marathon Mountains of Texas and the southern Appalachians -- strong evidence that the Ouachita-Ozark Highlands were once part of a mighty folded, uplifted mountain range that stretched from the Appalachians Highlands to the northeast through Texas to the southwest.
		The red and gray igneous rock outcrops (mostly granite and rhyolite) of the Ozarks are comparable to knobby rock islands in a weathered sea of sediments.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Places/volcanic_past_missouri.html (1279 words)

	Elephants Rocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Originally the rocks were part of a magma chamber which cooled and solidified below a volcanic mountain.
		As the rock expanded it created stresses in the rock causing it to break into curving slabs, which also developed vertical fractures.
		Some of the vertical joints (fractures in the rock are called joints) are wide enough to be part of the trail.
	www.jburroughs.org /science/resources/geology/stop10.html (217 words)

	Missouri's Ozark Heritage Region \| State Parks
		State's highest point, Taum Sauk Mountain highest waterfall, Mina Sauk Falls, are highlights of this rugged area in the scenic St. Francois Mountains.
		This park, named for a former Missouri governor, dates to the 1920s and encompasses 5,163 acres of the St. Francis Mountains.
		It is one of the oldest state parks in Missouri.
	www.missouriozarks.org /parks.html (769 words)

	Iron County, Missouri — Taum Sauk Mountain, Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park, Elephant Rocks State Park
		Further down the trail is Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.
		Shallow seas pooled in the craters, and the waters of the Black River became confined, or “shut in” to a narrow channel.
		Other area attractions are the gigantic granite boulders at Elephant Rocks State Park, also formed by the cooled magma of volcanic eruptions from centuries past.
	www.brownandcrouppen.com /iron_county.html (360 words)

	Elephant rocks Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Elephant Rocks are great for when you're looking to get better at elephant rocks for selfish purposes.
		Elephant Rocks State Park is the smallest of the state parks we visit, the trail which forms the circumference of the...
		Elephant Rocks State Park - Park Map - Missouri State Parks and...
	elephant.1infolock.info /elephant-love-medley/elephant-rocks.html (233 words)

	Elephant Rock State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Elephant Rocks State Park is located off Highway 21 in Belleview, Missouri.
		This is one of the few areas in the United States where these massive rocks have been unearthed.
		Rock climbing equipment may not be used in the park.
	www.land-we-love.com /elephant_rock.htm (241 words)

	Vacation Infocenter - Experience Southeast Missouri on a Weekend Trip to Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A one-mile accessible Braille trail makes viewing the rocks easy for mom, dad and even grandma, while the kids enjoy the view from high on top of some of the rocks.
		Stand on the state's highest point at 1,772 feet above sea level or hike the three-mile loop trail to the state's highest wet-weather waterfall, Mina Sauk Falls.
		All of the campsites at the park are reservable and it is strongly recommended that you make your reservation well in advance.
	vacation-infocenter.com /news-26773.html (775 words)

	PICTURES FROM JOHNSON SHUT-INS & ELEPHANT ROCK STATE PARK
		They call it Elephant Rocks because the billion-year old giant granite rocks stand end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
		The rocks were formed when molten rock (magma) was pushed to the surface from below.
		The biggest elephant rock is 27 feet tall, 35 feet long, and 17 feet wide.
	www.siu.edu /~outdoors/js1999.html (209 words)

	Just for Traveller - Experience Southeast Missouri on a Weekend Trip to Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Relieve your stress, relax and enjoy the outdoor adventures and culture that await you at state parks and historic sites in southeast Missouri.
		- Close to home, state parks and historic sites offer everything that a busy family is seeking in a vacation with minimal impact on the pocketbook.
		State parks and historic sites are funded primarily by the one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax, which allows visitors to enjoy these resources at little or no cost, making them a great value.
	just-for-traveller.com /news-26773.html (776 words)

	Note Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Elephant Rocks is the only place where the huge, brown granite boulders can been found.
		This is the first park in Missouri to have a trail desgned especially for people w/ visual and physical disabilities.
		No official census of the "herd" has ever been taken, the exact number of elephants inhabiting the park is unknown.
	www.lebanon.k12.mo.us /ljhs/tucker/elerock.html (306 words)

	MoDNR News Releases 225 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Representatives from the historic site and park will be on hand to provide information about the facilities and to answer questions.
		The informational meeting is part of an ongoing effort by the department to ensure that the public has input on services offered in state parks and historic sites.
		Fort Davidson State Historic Site is located in Pilot Knob off Highway 21 on Highway V. Persons requiring special services or accommodations to attend the meeting can make arrangements by calling Fort Davidson State Historic Site at (573) 546-3454 or the department toll free at 1-800-334-6946 (voice) or 1-800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf).
	www.dnr.state.mo.us /newsrel/nr05_225.htm (258 words)

	Find Free Essays on Elephant Rocks State Park
		Elephant Rocks State Park is a very interesting place.
		Elephant Rocks State Park was founded back in 1869.
		The herd of elephants came to be about 1.5 billion years ago, it all began during the Precambrian era.
	www.findfreeessays.com /show_essay/3267.html (421 words)

	LocalHikes - Elephant Rocks
		The trail named Braille Trail, circles around the rocks, and is especially designed for people with visual and physical disabilities, and was the first of its kind in Missouri.
		The rocks formed about 1.5 billion years ago from magma, forming the red granite "elephants".
		Trailhead: This hike is loocated in Elephant Rocks State Park on Route 21, 5 miles from Belleview.
	www.localhikes.com /Hikes/elephant_rock_0000.asp (263 words)

	Pimpz.org Photo Project 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Rock that sort of looks like a turtle.
		Crystal is wiped out after a day at Elephant Rock.
		Crystal is beat after a day at the park.
	pimpz.org /~adam/p2004 (1112 words)

	Rock Climbing.com View topic - Rocks State Park - King & Queens Chair
		Rocks State Park - King & Queens Chair
		Great info...can you make sure that that info is in your local state page...that way we can make sure that if someone is looking in your specific state page they see all the info you have given us.
		For those who climb at Rocks or Maryland in general, there is a great online guide for locations and routes.
	www.rockclimbing.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=21059 (238 words)

	Elephant Rocks Natural Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A 7-acre area of Elephant Rocks State Park in Section 15, T34N, R3E, Graniteville 7.5 min.
		Natural Features--Elephant Rocks is a geological natural area displaying the best-known examples of massive spheroidal granite boulders, a result of unique weathering processes.
		"Tinajitas" (natural depressions in the rock caused by weathering) are prominent in several sections of the bare granite.
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /areas/natareas/p63-1.htm (198 words)

	GORP - Johnson Shut-Ins State Park - St. Louis Weekend Escapes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		But remember the rocks are polished smooth by centuries of current — the rate of flow can be deceptive, so keep an eye on toddlers around water, and even older children who can't swim well.
		Most of the 8,470-acre park remains as wilderness, host to more than a thousand species of plants and wildflowers.
		Elephant Rocks is located in Belleview, MO. Call (573)546-3454 for further information.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/eclectic/family/sl_fam4.htm (493 words)

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