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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
15807 County Road 1
719-748-3253

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.


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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument News : Night Sky Program scheduled

Join park staff and members of the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society to gaze at the dark skies above Florissant Fossil Beds in search of planets, galaxies, nebulas, and more. Meet on the front patio of the visitor center. There are no…

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