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    John Day Fossil Beds

    National Monument Oregon

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Bookstore

Our nonprofit partner, Discover Your Northwest, operates a bookstore at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. Some items from the John Day Fossil Beds store are also available on their website.

Did You Know?

Image of the painted hills

The Painted Hills at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument are made of heavily eroded volcanic ash layers.