MO-Pinnacles+Youth+Park


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Boone County
=Pinnacles Youth Park= 850 East Pinnacles Road Sturgeon, Missouri 65284 Pinnacles Youth Park webpage

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Pinnacles Youth Park
Coordinates: 39.134915, -92.3235801 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Pinnacles Youth Park

 * View a unique Ozarkian geologic formation in north Missouri.
 * Explore the strongly sinuous Rocky Fork and Silver Fork Creeks.
 * Look for crinoids, fossils of ancient sea animals.

About 250 million years ago Boone County was covered by a shallow sea. This sea teemed with life and the fossilized remains of these ancient sea creatures are preserved in the Burlington limestone bedrock that composes the “Pinnacles” rock formations here. Through millennia Rocky Fork and Silver Fork Creeks have down cut through this bedrock creating the fascinating rock formations we see here today. Look for soaring turkey vultures above and cricket frogs along the creek below on summer days.

This natural area is within Pinnacles Park. From the intersection of I-70 and US-63 in Columbia, travel north on US-63 for 12 miles and turn right (east) onto Pinnacles Road. Follow the road about a half mile east to the park entrance. From Pinnacles Youth Park webpage



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