Fossil Park

Kids love this and my husband did too!

It had rained that morning but it did have an advantage, the rain uncovered the fossils making them very easy to find. The mud is like cement so bring extra shoes, towels and a trash bag to put everyt...

Better if you live close to visit more often

I would have liked a little more direction on how to find, look, dig, and shift through the pits. I found a few small fossils but wish I lived closer to frequent this more often. I think if you have...

Definitely not wheelchair friendly

Extremely steep dumptruck ramp to access the rocks. Spent hours here in August only to find 2 tiny partial specimens. So glad that it is freely open to the public. But I won't drive up here again from...

Hard packed clay

Although, the website said there is no need for shovels that the dirt was loose and easy to sift. The 3 "pits" were all hard packed clay. With no shovels we had to use rocks we found. Yes we found 3 f...

Great summer daycation

Great free park to bring the kiddos for some fossil digging and exploring cool outing by family or organizations ( Boy Scouts/girls scouts) bring a picnic basket to complete the trip or hit the restau...