Elephant Rocks State Park

We visited the Elephant Rocks State Park in Belleview, Mo. Imagine giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants. That's what you'll see at Elephant Rocks State Park. About 1.5 billion years ago hot magma cooled coarsely crystalline red granite, which later weathered into hug, rounded boulders. Standing atop a granite outcrop, one of the largest elephant rocks, Dumbo, tops the scales at a whopping 680 tons! Visitors view the granite boulders from the one-mile Braille Trail, designed to accommodate people with visual or physical disabilities. The trail passes by a quarry pond, which now supports a variety of animal life. A short spur off of the trail takes visitors to the top of the granite outcrop, where they can explore the maze of giant elephant rocks. The 1890's Engine House used to service trains for Sheahan Quarries private railroad which incorporated as the Middlebrook and Graniteville Railway Company still stands today.


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