Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

Ashfall Fossil Beds: The best paleontological exhibit EVER!

It's tough to find the right word to describe the Ashfall Fossil Beds, but FABULOUS would be close. I read about this site in Steve Brusatte's The Rise and Reign of Mammals, so since we were travelli...

For those who love seeing fossils.

Are you into fossils? Then you would love this place. It's a place where a volcanic ashfall millions of years ago, buried various animals. The main animals featured are ancient hippos, but there ar...

Fun visit

My husband and I have been wanting to visit here for years and finally made the drive. Friendly park employees. We enjoyed looking at all the exhibits. A really fascinating story of how all this ca...

Completely unique experience

11 million years ago, ash from a giant volcanic explosion in idaho blanketed this area. Ashfall Fossil Beds was a watering hole, and now extinct grazing mammals like three toed horses, barrel bodied ...

You have to see this place!

I had no idea that our area had so many different animals in the past. There were rhinos! I learned so much about the ashfall that fossilized the creatures.