Alerts & Conditions

Don't go extinct! NPS sites require masks in all federal buildings and whenever social distancing can't be maintained.

NPS Photo: Jason Gray

Park Status during COVID-19 – Updated August 16, 2021

Wearing a face mask is required in all buildings, regardless of vaccination status.

Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of the Interior and state and local officials, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is open with some restrictions and facility closures in place. Masks are required in all NPS buildings and on all forms of enclosed public transportation, regardless of location or vaccination status.

Visitor Center

OPEN: The Visitor Center, including the Cook Collection: A Window Onto Lakota Life and the park movie, are open. Masks are required in all NPS buildings and on all forms of enclosed public transportation, regardless of location or vaccination status.

Roads and Trails

OPEN: All park roads, trails and outdoor exhibits are open.