Quarry Boulder
- 14 routes
- V0 – V9
- Bouldering
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Quarry Boulder is a bouldering area in Blue Mounds State Park in southeastern Minnesota, managed by State Park and Recreation. It sits among a cluster of climbing areas, with East Quarry Boulder, North Quarry Boulder and The Chamber all about 0.1 mile away. The area is a bouldering destination, with 22 routes listed, all of them boulders. Grades run from V0- up to V9, with the median around V3. Among the named routes are David at V0-, Rain With a Chance of Boulders at V1, and Uranus at V9. Summer is the warmest stretch for a visit. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Rock Rapids, Iowa, show July highs around 85°F with lows near 62°F, while January highs average about 25°F.
- East Quarry BoulderRock climbing0.1 mi
- North Quarry BoulderRock climbing0.1 mi
- The ChamberRock climbing0.1 mi
- The Metamorphic RockRock climbing0.1 mi
- North Quarry AreaRock climbing0.1 mi
- North Quarry TalusRock climbing0.1 mi
- Bison ButtressRock climbing0.1 mi
- Orc WallRock climbing0.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- East Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- The ChamberRock climbing · Next door
- The Metamorphic RockRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry AreaRock climbing · Next door
- North Quarry TalusRock climbing · Next door
- Orc WallRock climbing · Next door
- Kanaranzi Buttress (South Face)Rock climbing · Next door
- Primitive ButtressRock climbing · Next door
- Bison ButtressRock climbing · Next door
Also worth it near here
- Blue Mound State Park Tipi and Cart-In CampgroundCamping · ~2 min drive
Rock RiverCanoeing · ~33 min drivePhoto: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it!, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Great Bear Recreation ParkDownhill skiing · ~43 min drivePhoto: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Sioux FallsWaterfall · ~49 min drivePhoto: Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Quarry Boulder
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
25° / 6°
5 wet
Feb
30° / 10°
5 wet
Mar
43° / 22°
6 wet
Apr
58° / 34°
9 wet
May
70° / 47°
12 wet
Jun
81° / 58°
10 wet
Jul
85° / 62°
8 wet
Aug
82° / 59°
8 wet
Sep
75° / 50°
7 wet
Oct
61° / 36°
6 wet
Nov
44° / 23°
5 wet
Dec
30° / 12°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rock Rapids, IA, 18.4 mi away at 1,350 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
