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Enchanted Rock is a pink granite mountain located about 17 miles from Fredericksburg, Texas. Technically an igneous rock intrusion, this massive dome is made of pink granite and stands 425 feet above the ground that surrounds it. It is not surprising that such a strange, and very beautiful, natural formation inspired legends and was attributed spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Native Americans and early Spanish and Anglo settlers. It is not only the rock’s unusual color that makes it so mysterious. Enchanted Rock makes strange creaking noises on a cool night after a warm day. Also, there are many small pools in the depressions in the rock, each with tiny shrimps living in it. The rock also contains a 1,500-foot-long cave, dark, wet, and often spidery. Artifacts 11,000 years old have been found in the cave and even a rare semiprecious stone known as Llanite. It is illegal to remove any rocks from the park.

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