Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
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Archives and Collections Unavailable
The Agate Fossil Beds National Monument archive and collections are temporarily unavailable for research or study. If you have a pending research request or have questions, please send an email to scbl_afgo_superintendant@nps.gov and the park will contact you.
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No Fuel Services
Fuel up before visiting! Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is 30-50 miles from the nearest service stations.
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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.
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Trails
| Every day | All Day |
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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.
Visitor centers
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center
| Every day | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Oct 1 – May 14: Winter Hours (Oct 1 to May 15)
- Nov 26: Thanksgiving Day Closed (closed)
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.
The park's two trails are open from dawn till dusk every day.
Visitor center page on nps.gov: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center
About this park
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.