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John Day Fossil Beds, Sheep Rock

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: badlands vistas and museum specimens, look only.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Painted Cenozoic badlands recording forty million years of mammals

National monument with major fossil museum.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

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