Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
National Monument · NE
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Information · Limited Cell Phone Coverage
Cell phone voice and data coverage is very limited in the park and surrounding area. Free visitor WiFi is available in the visitor center.
Information · No Fuel Services
Fuel up before visiting! Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is 30-50 miles from the nearest service stations.
In the early 1900s, paleontologists unearthed the Age of Mammals when they found full skeletons of extinct Miocene mammals in the hills of Nebraska -- species previously only known through fragments. At the same time, an age of friendship began between rancher James Cook and Chief Red Cloud of the Lakota. These two unprecedented events are preserved and protected here... at Agate Fossil Beds.
- NPS site
- nps.gov/agfo
- Location
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (42.422, -103.754)
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Passport stamp locations
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center
Hours
Trailstoday: All Day
- Sat Oct 3All Day
- Sun Oct 4All Day
- Mon Oct 5All Day
- Tue Oct 6All Day
- Wed Oct 7All Day
- Thu Oct 8All Day
- Fri Oct 9All Day
The park's two trails are open from dawn till dusk every day. Visitor Center features Miocene Mammal fossils, a 12 minute movie, and the James H. Cook Collection, a unique collection of American Indian artifacts that were gifts to James Cook and his family.
Hours are retrieved from the National Park Service and can change without notice — check the official site before you go.
Visitor centers
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- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Centertoday: 8:00AM - 4:00PMDirections
Entrance fees
No entrance fee.