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AmassivelimestonebluffformsthebackdropfortheturbulentspectacleofBigSpring.
Its outflow—289 million gallons a day on average, but reaching up to a billion in times
of flood—emerges as a gushing whitewater river that momentarily calms itself in a huge
basin before racing ahead to its confluence with the even larger Current River.
ELEPHANT ROCKS STATE PARK
Elephant Rocks State Park, so named because of the giant billion-year-old granite
boulders that stand end to end like a train of circus elephants, is a popular place for
the whole family. Visitors can climb on the rocks, picnic, take a self-guided one-mile
interpretive Braille tour through them, and delight in reading the names of the 19th-
century miners who carved their monikers onto them.
To learn more about the history of these 1.5-million-year-old “elephants,” visit mo-
stateparks.com/elephant-rocks-state-park.
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Eleven Point National Scenic River
FromBigSpring,Rte.60windswestthroughpineandhardwoodforeststoWinona,where
Rte. 19 leads south toward the Eleven Point National Scenic River, one of the lushest areas
in Mark Twain National Forest. Rushing rapids alternate with deep, slow-moving sections
as this 44-mile-long stretch of moving water carves its way past soaring bluffs, wooded
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