Today we visited Pipestone National Monument in SE Minnesota to walk The Circle Trail and see the Visitor Center. The Circle Trail, with side trips was about 1 mile. The Native Americans have quarried pipestone here for thousand of years. 
Part of the trail goes through tall grass prairie.
The trail also goes along the quartzite cliffs, such a beautiful place to walk!
The Oracle
Winnewissa Falls
downstream from the falls
Stone steps lead up through a boulder arch to the top of the falls and above the quartzite cliffs
Leaping Rock from below
Old Stone Face
Lake Hiawatha
The outlet below Lake Hiawatha
Spotted Quarry
Pipestone Creek above the bridge
Pipestone Creek below the bridgesone of the flowers seen along the trail:
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