Elephants Playground Explained

The Elephants Playground is a rock formation located in Genesee, Plumas County, California.^[1] The area burned in the 2019 Walker Fire.

Description

Elephant's Playground was named by early Anglo-American settlers because the boulders can resemble a herd of elephant torsos. The boulder rock formations are huge, round, somewhat smooth and tightly packed.^[2]

Elephants Playground has been noted for its unusual place name.^[3]

See also

• Antelope Lake
• Indian Creek

External links

• Elephants Playground (area)
• Elephants Playground, Plumas County, California, USA - Maps, Photos, Weather, Local Links

40.0667°N -120.6167°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: California Places, Elephants Playground in Plumas County . 2006-11-24 . 2007-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021944/http://www.eachtown.com/place.php/id/223091 . dead .
2. Web site: Elephant's_Playground . 2007-10-25 . 2010-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130065037/http://valleviews2.com/scrapbook/Plumas%20County/Elephant%27s%20Playground.htm . dead .
3. Book: Vedral, Joyce L.. Uncle John's Third Bathroom Reader. 15 October 1990. St. Martin's Press. 978-0-312-04586-9. 183.