Mammoth
Credit: BLM Collection
Elephant Rocks
Member Since: 08/22/2012
Contact: Hands on the Land
46525 Hwy. 114
Saguache, CO 81149
(719) 655-2547
1,338 acres
Educational Partners: Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Adams State University, Rio Grande National Forest, various schools throughout the valley, and other agency partners.
- Big Picture
The Elephant Rocks managed by the San Luis Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), located in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado near Penitente Canyon Recreation Area. The Elephant Rocks area is a unique area that was once habitat for the Columbian mammoths that lived in the San Luis Valley during the Pleistocene Epoch. The giants once walked here. Local legend has it that these giant creatures left their mark on the rocks, leaving 'rubs' smooth surfaces 8-10 feet above the average man.
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