John Day Fossil Beds

Local nameJohn Day Fossil Beds
LocationOregon

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon. Located within the John Day River basin and managed by the National Park Service, the park is known for its well-preserved layers of fossil plants and mammals that lived in the region between the late Eocene, about 45 million years ago, and the late Miocene, about 5 million years ago. The monument consists of three geographically separate units: Sheep Rock, Painted Hills, and Clarno.

The units cover a total of 13,944 acres of semi-desert shrublands, riparian zones, and colorful badlands. About 210,000 people visited the park in 2016 to engage in outdoor recreation or to visit the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center or the James Cant Ranch Historic District.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument

Official Website http://www.nps.gov/joda/index.htm

Phone +1 541 987 2333

Address 97845, United States

Coordinates 44°33'56.195" N -119°38'22.829" E

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