This tiny museum is in the center of the town of Fossil and has a vintage photo collection, artifacts from town history, and a display about a nearby ghost town. It also acts as a defacto information center.
Fossil Museum
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23.53 MILES
Because no cap rock protects them, the Painted Hills have eroded into low-slung, colorfully banded hills that were originally formed about 30 million…
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The oldest, most remote fossil beds are in magnificent palisade formations at the base of the John Day River's canyon. There are three, quarter- to half…
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A small educational facility which offers local information and a small geography display room. It's open by appointment only outside of summer.
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0.19 MILES
A small educational facility which offers local information and a small geography display room. It's open by appointment only outside of summer.
11.25 MILES
The oldest, most remote fossil beds are in magnificent palisade formations at the base of the John Day River's canyon. There are three, quarter- to half…
23.53 MILES
Because no cap rock protects them, the Painted Hills have eroded into low-slung, colorfully banded hills that were originally formed about 30 million…