NPS Fossil Park Highlights
Fossil Butte National Monument, WY.
Many National Park units have made information about their fossils and paleontology programs available on the Internet. Follow these links to learn more about educational programs and fossil resources in the National Parks.
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE
Amistad National Recreation Area, TX
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, AK
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"Alaska Dinosaur Discovery" Arctic Science Journeys—Radio Script
- Fossils in Time (5-9th Grade curriculum unit)
Badlands National Park, SD
- Views of the National Parks - Badlands National Park
- Fossils
- Fossil Exhibit Trail Worksheet
- Fossil Trading Cards
- Fossil Fun Word Search | Solution
- Fossil Find Word Search | Solution
- Geology Fieldnotes
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, AK
- Ice Age Wildlife Fun Facts
- Ice Age Wildlife
- Wooly Mammoth
- Ice Age Steppe Bison
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Footprints into the Past and the Future (4th Grade curriculum unit)
- Museum Collections
Big Bend National Park, TX
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, MT & WY
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, MA
Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Buffalo National River, AR
Cabrillo National Monument, CA
Canyonlands National Park, UT
Cape Krusenstern National Monument, AK
Capitol Reef National Park, UT
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
- Geologic Formations
- Permian World brochure
- Middle School Activities - Surf Carlsbad: Activity 4 "Meet My Pet Fossil, Rocky"
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, NM
Channel Islands National Park, CA
- Geology Fieldnotes
- The Pygmy Mammoth | Life and Times video
- Paleontological Resources
- Junior Ranger Booklets
- Paleontologic Research
Chickasaw National Recreation Area, OK
Coronado National Memorial, AZ
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, ID
Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH
Death Valley National Park, CA & NV
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, NJ & PA
Denali National Park and Preserve, AK
- Painted Fossil Bison Skull
- Dinosaur Track Found in Denali
- Paleoecology of Denali's Dinosaurs
- Dinosaur Questions and Answers (Video)
- Park News: Dinosaur Discoveries in Denali
- Reconstructing Ecosystems of the Lower Cantwell: Plants in the Age of Dinosaurs
Dinosaur National Monument, CO & UT
- Geology Fieldnotes
- Geology of Dinosaur National Monument - Includes "Dinosaur Quarry" activity
- Dinosaur! Virtual Museum Exhibit
- Virtual Tour of the Douglass Quarry
- Fossil Discovery Trail Guide
- "The Art of Dinosaur Reconstruction" video
- Dinosaur National Monument's Junior Paleontologist Activity Book [2.5 MB PDF]
Effigy Mounds National Monument, IA
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, CO
- Views of the National Parks - Florissant Fossil Beds
- Geology Fieldnotes
- Geology of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Shale Splitting Parkcast
- Paleontology Program
- Online Museum
- Slideshows: Fossil Fish | Fossil Bird |
- Fossil Excavation Program
- Paleontology Lesson Plans (K-12)
Fossil Butte National Monument, WY
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, AK
Glacier National Park, MT
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ & UT
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
- Introduction to Grand Canyon Fossils
- The Grand Age of Rocks: The Numeric Ages for Rocks Exposed within Grand Canyon
- Views of the National Parks - Grand Canyon
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Lecture Series: Life in Stone, Fossils of the Colorado Plateau (Video)
- Lesson Plans: Make a Fossil (GEO-28) & Fossilization Game (GEO-30)
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, ID
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, OR
- Paleontology: Fossil Laboratory | Collections | Meet the Paleontologists
- Fossils: Vertebrates | Flora
- The Fossil Record - new discoveries!
- Geology Fieldnotes
- Virtual Tour
- Paleontology
Katmai National Park and Preserve, AK
Kobuk Valley National Park, AK
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, AK
Mammoth Cave National Park, KY
Mesa Verde National Park, CO
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, MN
Mojave National Preserve, CA
Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ
Natchez Trace Parkway, AL, MS & TN
National Capital Parks DC, MD, VA
Natural Bridges National Monument, UT
New River Gorge National River, WV
Niobrara National Scenic River, NE
Olympic National Park, WA
Oregon Caves National Monument, OR
Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
- Fossils of Petrified Forest
- Geology Fieldnotes
- Brochures: Triassic Life | Trees to Stone | A Student's Guide | A Trip Through Time (K-4)
- The Tourist, the Park Ranger, and the Petrified Forest
- Movies: Why do petrified logs look like someone cut them up for firewood? | Erosion reveals buried fossils
- Rockin' Through the Ages (4-8 curriculum based program)
- Junior Ranger Activity Booklet (12MB PDF)
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI
Pinnacles National Monument, CA
Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
Prince William Forest Park, VA
Russel Cave National Monument, AL
Saguaro National Park, AZ
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, CA
Scotts Bluff National Monument, NE
Springfield Armory National Historic Site, MA
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, KS
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, UT
Tuzigoot National Monument, AZ
Valley Forge National Historical Park, PA
Vicksburg National Military Park, MS
War In The Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
Wind Cave National Park, SD
- Centennial Paleontology Site
- Cave Paleontology Bibliography
- Geologic Formations
- Invertebrate Fossils in the Madison Limestone
Wupatki National Monument, AZ
Yellowstone National Park, ID, MT & WY
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK
Zion National Park, UT
Last updated: August 18, 2011
