Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado Camping & Hiking

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado Camping & Hiking

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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

Camping Reservations

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Hiking Trails

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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.

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