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Exhibit Installation May 14 - 22
New exhibits will be installed in the new visitor center May 14 - 22. Access to the park film and exhibits may be reduced. You may want to consider visiting after May 23 if you schedule permits. The park remains open every day from 9am - 5pm.
Experience the Prehistory of Colorado
Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide and thousands of detailed fossils of insects and plants reveal the story of a very different, prehistoric Colorado.
Features
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Things to do
An average visit to Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument lasts about three hours and there are a variety of ways to spend your time in the park.
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Post to Parks
The Post to Parks Program was created by Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument as an outreach program to military families in the Pikes Peak Region
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Attention Active Duty Military and Dependents
Come visit us at Florissant Fossil Beds and get your FREE Annual National Park Pass
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Florissant Fossil Beds Social Media
Florissant Fossil Beds is currently using Facebook and Twitter and will be adding videos to our YouTube page in the future.
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Paleontology Database
Explore The World of Florissant Paleontology. Search for museum records, taxonomic information, and publication data.
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Did You Know?
There are more than 220 national park units that preserve fossils! However, only 9 units were specifically set aside to protect fossils and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is one of those!