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Toadstool Geologic Park

Toadstool Geologic Park

Toadstool Geologic Park is a strange and beautiful badlands area with rocks shaped like giant mushrooms. It looks like the surface of another planet right here in Nebraska.

It is famous for its odd toadstool rocks, ancient animal footprints, and moon-like scenery. Explorers love hiking the trails and hunting for fossils in this quiet, wild place.

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Rock Shapes

Wind and water carved the soft rock into balancing toadstool shapes, with wide caps sitting on skinny stems.

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Ancient Tracks

A special trail shows fossil footprints left by animals that walked here over 30 million years ago.

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Hiking

A one-mile loop trail winds through the badlands, letting families explore this quiet, moon-like landscape.