Accessibility

A ramp leading down to a building with the sun rising behind Fossil Butte.
The visitor center is wheelchair accessible.

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The monument visitor center, restrooms, and picnic area are accessible. We hope the information provided below will help you plan your visit.
Visitor Center
  • Handicapped parking spaces for standard-size vehicles
  • Oversize parking spaces accommodate campers, buses, and large RV's
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Automatic front entrance and restroom doors
  • Accessible restrooms
  • Captioned video programs
  • Audio description and interpretation app for the visitor center exhibits
  • Touch fossils
  • Fossil rubbing table
Picnic Area
  • Parking area suitable for trailers and RV's
  • Wheelchair accessible boardwalk, vault toilet, and covered picnic table
Interpretive Trails
  • The surface of park trails is generally compacted soil. Slopes vary from level to 20 percent grade. Be prepared for uneven rough surfaces including rock steps and water bars.
  • Vault toilets at each trailhead are wheelchair accessible.
Scenic Drive
  • 7.5 miles long (3.5 miles paved, 4 miles gravel)
  • The gravel road which leaves from the Nature Trail and Picnic Area is very narrow and steep.
  • Visitors driving large RVs or pulling trailers are encouraged to turn around at the picnic area.
  • Allow 30 minutes to an hour to complete.
  • Waysides along the road interpret the landscape. Check out Fossil Butte NM on the NPS app for audio descriptions of the waysides under self-guided tours.
Service Animals
  • The visitor center is accessible to service animals that meet the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) guidelines. Service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless the individual’s disability prevents using these devices or these devices interfere with the service animal’s safe, effective performance of tasks. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other effective controls.
  • Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.
  • For the definition of a service animal please visit the Department of Justice ADA webpage.
Access Pass
  • Interagency Access Passes are available at the visitor center for U.S. citizens medically determined to have a permanent disability that severely limits one or more major life activities.
  • To acquire a pass, visitors must present proof of residency and documentation of permanent disability.
  • The Access Pass is free and has the same benefits as the Annual Pass (free entry to parks) along with accessibility discounts when applicable.
  • More information on the Access Pass
 
 

Last updated: January 31, 2024

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P.O. Box 592
Kemmerer, WY 83101

Phone:

307 877-4455

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