Adventure Scrapbook - Florissant Fossil Beds
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is located in a grassy mountain
valley in central Colorado. The Monument is home to one of the richest and most
diverse fossil deposits in the world. Just outside the visitor center and along
a marked walking trail you can see petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide.
Inside the visitor center you can look at some of the thousands of fossils of
insects and plants that have been found at the Monument and which reveal the
story of a very different, prehistoric Colorado, one with a much wetter
and warmer climate. There is also a restored homestead worth a look. For more
information on Florissant Fossil Beds visit https://www.nps.gov/flfo.
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