Directions
Visitors traveling north/south on I-25: Exit at US 24 West, travel 35 miles to town of Florissant, then follow signs two miles south on Teller County Road 1 to the Visitor Center. Visitors traveling from town of Cripple Creek: Follow Teller County Road 1 north for 16 miles.
Phone
(719) 748-3253
Activities
HIKING, HORSEBACK RIDING
Campground Reservations
Hiking Trails
Related Link(s)
More Colorado Recreation Areas | Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Official Website | Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Map
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.
