Pipestone National Monument Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
located near Pipestone, Minnesota
About Pipestone National Monument
Pipestone National Monument was established by an act of Congress on August 25, 1937 for two purposes: to preserve the historically significant site of Native American quarries and to restore quarrying rights to the Native American tribes which had camped, quarried, and traded there for centuries. Pipestone National Monument consists of about 280 acres of tallgrass prairie with trails, quarries, waterfall, and an interpretive center. The monument sits on a geological feature known locally as Buffalo Ridge, or geologically as the Coteau des Prairies, a plateau approximately 200 miles long by 100 miles wide, elevated 100-200 feet above the surrounding prairie. There are over 400 native plant species growing at the Monument, and includes big bluestem, little bluestem, buffalograss, sideoats g
Top Attractions in Pipestone National Monument
Explore the best things to see and do in Pipestone National Monument:
- ★Circle Trail
Pipestone National Monument Travel Guide Sections
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