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Tall Grass Prairie at Jeffers Petroglyphs
Jeffers Petroglyphs
petroglyphs
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Jeffers Petroglyphs
27160 County Road 2Comfrey, MN 56019
3 miles E of US Hwy. 71 on Cottonwood Co. Rd. 10, then 1 mile S on Co. Rd. 2. Free onsite parking.
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Amid the prairie grasses are islands of uncovered rock, where Native American ancestors left carvings - petroglyphs - humans, deer, elk, buffalo, turtles, thunderbirds, atlatls, and arrows. They tell a story that spans more than 7,000 years.
Dates/Hours for 2021:
June 3-July 31 Thurs. Fri. Sat. 10-8 Sundays 12-5
Aug. 1-Sept. 5 Thurs. Fri. Sat. 10-7 Sundays 12-5
Sept. - Saturdays - 10-7
Oct. 2-23 - Saturdays - 10-5
Also open: 4th of July-12-5, Labor Day-10-5, Indigenous Peoples' Day(Oct.11)10-5
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Additional Dates/Hours for 2023:Labor Day-10-5 (Sept 4), Indigenous Peoples' Day (Oct 9)
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Green Practices
- Eco-friendly landscape/facility design
- Waste reduction/reuse/recycling
Attraction Attributes
- Native-American heritage
Accessibility Accommodations
- All-terrain wheelchairs available
- Other Accessibility Features: Golf cart shuttle to the rock and back. Request at check-in counter.
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The Jeffers Petroglyphs site is marked by over 2,000 carved images of human figures, tools and animals / Kyle Krenz
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Downtown St. Paul at sunset / Ernesto Ruiz