The Cannonball Concretions Pullout is a great place to start your exploration of the north unit. Take the time to walk around and explore the area around the base and to go out and back a bit on the trail. We found more of the cannonball formations by walking and climbing around the rocks.
There are a few cannon ball concretions of you just stop and look around. But if you want to see more and better examples all the rangers. Tell them you saw the few from the pull out here but you wanted to see some more. They have some secret spots that they only tell you about if you ask.
There are about 6 or 8 good examples at this pull out and a few more of you do part of the hike but the good ones are by ranger only?
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Oh remember to only park in the spaces for cars and not in the RV spots.
Located in the North section of the Teddy Roosevelt NP. Small parking lot so leave the large camper at the campground or the enterance. Nice trail, information boards and great photo ops.
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Interesting rock formations and anice level hike. Says 11 miles, but it was nice just to go in a half mile to see the cannonballs closeup and come back.
Great place to visit. Beautiful scenery of the buttes and cannonball concretions. I visited twice on February 20th, once close to sunset, and again around 9:30 pm.
One of the most unique geological things you will see in Theodore Roosevelt NP. It is the first thing you stop by on the North unit loop road. It is pretty interesting how they form and the rocks genuinely appear to be spherical polished probably by the force of nature. A must visit in the Theodore Roosevelt NP!
My son and I visit here a few times a month when it's warm or decent. This spot in Theo Park is our favorite in particular. We actually climbed up what someone had called "ship rock" and have had a picnic a couple times. If you love climbing and exploring this is one of the best spots. Watch out for when there's melted snow causing moisture or it has rained, the mud does suck here. Excellent for an adventure and always beautiful all around!
I didn't hike the trail here (though I'd love to) but it was still a pretty place nonetheless, especially at night. Bummer there's so much light pollution by the North Unit but it's still pretty.
What a fascinatingly unique geologic feature! Take the time to walk around and experience it. There were kids climbing all around the area (OK with me; I just didn’t want them in my photos) when we were there, so I had to wait to get some good pics. There is plenty of parking, but now toilets.
This is a cute quick quirky stop. You can easily see the cannonball rock formations from the road. They were formed long ago from glaciers. Please do not ‘tag’ or carve your name into the rocks ?
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