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.
What you’ll hear
The Trailtold tour of Pipestone National Monument covers 15 GPS-triggered places across MN, including The Oracle, Leaping Rock and Ripple Marks. Pocket your phone and each story plays on its own as you arrive.
- Circle Trail - Exhibit Quarry
- Inkpaduta Campsite
- Lake Hiawatha
- Leaping Rock
- Nicollet Marker
- Old Stone Face
- Prairie: Past and Present
- Ripple Marks
- Sioux Quartzite Cliffs
- Smooth Sumac
- South Quarry Trail Junction - Circle Trail
- Spotted Quarry
- The Oracle
- The Three Maidens
- Winnewissa Falls
Hear it on Trailtold
Download the app and let Pipestone National Monument narrate itself as you walk — GPS-triggered audio, hands-free.
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