The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds

A nonprofit Friends of the Park group supporting Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

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Kids to Park Day

May 18, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • « Jurassic Travel through Sight & Sound – WP Symphony
  • Memorial Day Weekend Activities »

Saturday, May 18, Kids to Park Day – Be a Scientist! , 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Celebrate Kids to Park Day (former kids welcome too). The Monument is celebrating with a fun science day. Join us for a variety of hands-on science activities such as birding, searching for fossils in our demonstration fossil pits, making fossils, visiting the Learning Lab, hiking with your family, or earning one of three different kinds of Junior Ranger Badges.

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Details

  • Date: May 18, 2019
  • Time:
    10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Organizer

  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Phone (719) 748-3253
  • View Organizer Website

Venue

  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, CO United States + Google Map
  • « Jurassic Travel through Sight & Sound – WP Symphony
  • Memorial Day Weekend Activities »

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To join the Friends of the Florissant Fossilbeds or renew your existing membership,  Click here for more information.

Piedra Chamana Petrified Forest

The Piedra Chamana Petrified Forest in Sexi, Peru preserves a diverse assemblage of 39-million-year-old woods and leaves from the middle Eocene period. Visit the website here

National Park Service

  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Florissant Fossil Beds Webcam
  • Harper's Ferry Center

Partners

  • Aiken Audubon Society
  • Coalition for the Upper South Platte
  • Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
  • Colorado College
  • Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
  • Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society
  • Lake George Gem & Mineral Club
  • National Scenic Byways Program
  • Pikes Peak Historical Society
  • Rocky Mountain Conservancy
  • University of Colorado Museum

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