Frenchmans Bluff (Cuivre River State Park) EarthCache
Frenchmans Bluff (Cuivre River State Park)
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1. What is the elevation at posted coordinates?
2. How many boulders are there that you see from the parking area?
3. How many feet are the boulders apart?
(between each Individual boulder)
4. What is the total feet from the 1st one to the last one?
(going from left to right or vice versa)
5. What type of limestone does the bluff consist of?
6. Picture of the area with gps in it. (The picture with you in it is purely optional.) I will email you if there is a problem with any answers.
Cuivre River State Park lends a wilder, Ozarkian flavor to the otherwise predominately agricultural landscape of northern Missouri. Although not far from St. Louis, the park is a nature lover's paradise. A stroll through the park in the spring when many woodland wildflowers are in bloom or in the fall when the prairie grasses tower over your head is an outdoor delight.
Spend a few days at the park. Both primitive and modern campsites are available, and Lake Lincoln offers swimming, boating and fishing. The park's two wild areas provide hiking, backpacking, photography and wildlife observation activities. There are also equestrian trails and a campground for overnight stays.
Three natural areas are noted for their high-quality ecosystems, feature native prairie, sinkhole ponds, woodlands and a clear, rock-bottomed stream. Big Sugar Creek is one of the finest undisturbed streams left in northeastern Missouri. Several trails lead through the Lincoln Hills Natural Area and its many unique natural features.
Whether for a few hours or a few days, come visit one of the state's largest and most rugged parks. You will find Cuivre River State Park to be an Ozark like island in north Missouri's rolling plains.
NATURAL HISTORY
The Lincoln Hills of northeastern Missouri provide the setting for one of Missouri’s largest and most natural state parks: Cuivre River State Park. The rugged landscape and forested hills more closely resemble the Ozarks of southern Missouri than the gently rolling plains north of the Missouri River.
These hills are the result of great pressures within the earth hundreds of millions of years ago that caused the bedrock to fold, or buckle, into a series of hills about 60 miles long and 15 miles wide. Cuivre River State Park is located at the southern edge of these hills. Later, during the ice age about half a million years ago, glaciers pushed down through northern Missouri and flattened the landscape. The Lincoln Hills, however, were not worn down nearly as much as surrounding areas.
For the last half a million years, streams have cut deep valleys into the hills to create the rugged terrain evident today. The force of water on the limestone bedrock also has formed bluffs, small glades, caves, springs and sinkholes.
Because of the “Ozarklike” qualities of the Lincoln Hills, some plants and animals living here are found almost nowhere else in northern Missouri. Trees, wildflowers and wildlife most commonly associated with southern Missouri can be found in the Lincoln Hills -- trees such as flowering dogwood and spicebush; wildflowers such as dittany; and wildlife such as striped scorpion, ringed and marbled salamanders, fence lizards and rough green snakes. Almost 2,000 acres of the park have been identified as being of statewide significance and have been included in the State Natural Area System.
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