Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Walk the Petrified Trail Loop to see fossil redwood stumps
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.
Fossil redwood stump
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palaeovespa, ancient wasp
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Visitors at Hornbek Homestead
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Junior Rangers in Visitors Center
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View of the Florissant valley with grassy meadows and mountains in the distance
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