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Old Appleton Quarry

Old Appleton Quarry is located at 224 State Hwy KK near the intersection of Highway 61. Old Appleton itself is partly in Perry County and partly in Cape Girardeau County, with the county boundary in that area seeming to follow Apple Creek. So this quarry hugs the Cape Girardeau and Perry County border, falling on the Cape Girardeau County side. You can do an internet search to see that this is an unsafe area as several people have been injured recreating on this private property, either by drowning or jumping off the cliffs. Do not go and be stupid. Regardless, we stumbled upon it driving by on October 22, 2018, and it is worth stopping by for a view. We did not go to far onto the property because it is private property, but there is an old African American Cemetery that you can park by and work through to take a look. The colors were fabulous when we visited. It is amazing that something so destructive can be so beautiful.

 

 


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