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Mushroom Rock State Park

State Park on Great Plains near Carneiro, KS

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Mushroom Rock State Park, located in the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas, is noted for its mushroom rock formations. These mushroom rocks are an example of hoodoos, formed through a process of nonuniform erosion and weathering in which a hard mass of Dakota Sandstone capstone resisted erosion while the underlying softer stone weathered away. There are two mushrooms and a giant shoe rock, as well as numerous other rock formations in the 5-acre (2.0 ha) park.

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Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra (species)

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (species)

12 Observations

Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna (species)

11 Observations

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis (species), “Common Cardinal”

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (species), “American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla (species)

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Mushroom Rock State Park

Mushroom Rock State Park

Mushroom Rock State Park