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- Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National Park Service)
For over 3,000 years, Indigenous people have quarried the red stone at this site to make pipes used in prayer and ceremony - a tradition that continues to this day and makes this site sacred to many people
- Plan Your Visit - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National Park Service)
Plan Your Visit Quarry site showing the quartzite wall and quartzite rubble pile NPS Photo For centuries, tribes across North America traveled to this site to quarry red pipestone for making pipes and effigies Today, they still travel long distances to quarry this sacred stone, a valuable spiritual resource, and continue the tradition of
- Basic Information - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National Park . . .
Non-Commercial service - located at Pipestone MN airport Courtesy car or transit service available to Pipestone National Monument from the airport Car: Pipestone National Monument is easily accessible from local highways When you reach the city of Pipestone, road signs will lead you to Pipestone National Monument
- History Culture - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National Park . . .
History Culture Pipestone National Monument is a storied landscape Numerous tribes around the country have oral traditions connecting them to this site, Euro-Americans have been visiting and writing about it since the 1600s, and archeologists have found evidence for over 3,000 years of human activity here
- Pipestone National Monument Cultural Landscape
Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center in 2012 NPS In addition to the landscape’s cultural affiliations, it also is important for its archeological resources and its association with the NPS Mission 66 program The archeological resources correspond to a long history of tribal presence that the Monument seeks to preserve The site’s development under the Mission 66 program was part of
- Geologic Formations - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National . . . - NPS
NPS Photo The solid bedrock of the Pipestone National Monument is the Sioux Quartzite, a thick stack of ancient layered rocks exposed today in parts of Southwest Minnesota, southeastern South Dakota, and northwest Iowa The Monument's geologic formations consist of three rock types: pipestone (clay), quartzite (sand), and conglomerate (gravel)
- National Park Getaway: Pipestone National Monument
Credit: NPS N Barber Located in southwest Minnesota, Pipestone National Monument protects both a resource and the rights of American Indians to extract that same resource For 3,000 years, Indigenous people from across the continent have travelled here to quarry a soft, red stone (pipestone) to carve into pipes used in prayer and ceremonies
- Learn About the Park - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National Park . . .
Culture, history, nature, Jr Ranger programs, photos, and more! Learn About the Park
- Trip Ideas - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National Park Service)
Watch and engage with the culture demonstrators carving pipestone (April through October) See the petroglyphs Check out the park store Get the kids sworn in as Jr Rangers with new badges before you go! "We have 90 minutes - 2 hours" You'll have time to do everything listed above for 1-hour, plus a hike around the 3 4-mile Circle Trail
- Frequently Asked Questions - Pipestone National Monument (U. S. National . . .
What is Pipestone National Monument? American Indians have come to this site for over 3,000 years in order to quarry a soft stone that they use to make pipes (hence the name 'pipestone') The pipe is sacred to many American Indians who use it for prayer, important rites, and to conduct both civil and religious ceremonies The site is still actively quarried today by American Indians enrolled
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