Nominated by locals
Elephant Rocks State Park
A hidden gem in Missouri
A train of billion-and-a-half-year-old pink granite boulders stacked end-to-end like circus elephants in the St. Francois Mountains near Belleview, with a short accessible loop to scramble.
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