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John Boyd Thacher escarpment

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: look only.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Helderberg limestone cliffs stuffed with Devonian sea life

Indian Ladder trail is a textbook fossil walk.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cliff trail closures in winter

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