A picturesque Of granite quarry in St. Cloud. Its memorial and building stone has this City known as the Granite City of Minnesota.
A St. Cloud treasure, Quarry Park (used to be Hundred Acres Quarry) is the largest park in beautiful Stearns County. Pack a lunch and have a look at the early granite industry Central Minnesota. This is a haven for outdoor lovers and friends. Enjoy scenic woodlands, blossoming prairie, wetlands, unquarried bedrock areas, on the many secluded trails winding throughout the park. Oaks, aspens, yellow ladyslippers, Indian paintbrush and prickly pear cactus abound. Sizeable hills of quarried rock remnants and at least thirty water filled, granite quarries are clear and deep. Lovely hills afford fine views of the landscape. Picnic, swim, hike, fish, bike or cross-country ski, Quarry Park will is all yours almost any time of the year!
Aerial view of business district and some of the bathing beauties at one of many granite quarries in the St. Cloud area.