Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming

  Fossil Butte National Monument is a common place to spend time for people from Kemmerer. Fossil Butte National Monument gets very little rain; May is the month that gets the most rain, and the driest month is February. Going to Fossil Butte National Monument is a tremendous idea when you need to spend some time in the outdoors. Near Fossil Butte National Monument you locate a golf course called Fossil Island Golf Club, and if you came for an overnight stay Riverside RV and Trailer Park is a great spot to camp.
You'll meet a lot of folks from Kemmerer
    here, and you can stay the night at Foothills RV Park. Fossil Butte National Monument is a tremendous wilderness vicinity where everybody has a great time. Going for a hike on the Emigrant Trail is always a perfect adventure, and why not camp at Foothills Mobile Home and RV Park
if you're here at Fossil Butte National Monument.
Lake Viva-naughton Marina is a good campground nearby, and there are other places here than Fossil Butte National Monument, for example Conroy Lake. The attractiveness of Fossil Butte National Monument is there for you to like. At Fossil Butte National Monument you find a heap of outdoors recreation that you can benefit from.
If you want a perfect time in the great outdoors, just come on down to Fossil Butte National Monument. Not far from Fossil Butte National Monument, you'll locate Naughton Ash
 
    here, and you can stay the night at Foothills RV Park. Fossil Butte National Monument is a tremendous wilderness vicinity where everybody has a great time. Going for a hike on the Emigrant Trail is always a perfect adventure, and why not camp at Foothills Mobile Home and RV Park
throughout the dark hours in the winter at Fossil Butte National Monument temperatures drop to the 0's.


This 50-million year old lake bed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world. Recorded in limestone are dynamic and complete paleoecosystems that spanned two million years. Preservation is so complete that it allows for detailed study of climate change and its effects on biological communities.

Visitors discover that this resource displays the interrelationships of plants, insects, fishes, reptiles and mammals, like few other

 
known fossil sites. The relevance and challenge of study and preservation of this ancient ecosystem are equal to those of a modern ecosystem.

The surface topography of Fossil Butte is now covered by a high cold desert. Sagebrush is the dominant vegetation at the lower elevations, while limber pine and aspen occur on the slopes. Pronghorn, Mule deer and a variety of birds are commonly seen. Moose, elk and beaver are sometimes observed.

  

CONTACTS

Email - FOBU_Superintendent@nps.gov

Fax- 307-877-4457

Write to
P.O. Box 592
Kemmerer, WY 83101-0592

Phone
Headquarters - 307-877-4455

TRAVEL BASICS

Operating Hours, Seasons
June-August, Visitor Center Hours 8:00a-7:00p; Winter Visitor Center Hours 8-4:30 (September through May). Closed winter Holidays.

FEES/PERMITS

Entrance Fee
FOSSIL BUTTE NATIONAL MONUMENT
Free!



FACILITIES

Visitor Centers
FOSSIL BUTTE VISITOR CENTER
Open All Year
Phone - 307-877-4455
Location - 1 mile from entrance
Special Programs - fossil preparation demonstrations 20 minute interpretive programs weekend fossil quarry visits (these programs offered during summer)
Exhibits - Over 75 fossils are on display including a 13-foot crocodile, the oldest known bat, and a mass mortality of 356 fish. Video programs are also available.
Available Facilities - Handicapped accessible


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