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Racehorse Creek Fossil Beds, WA

Fossil site Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: palm fronds, plant impressions.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Eocene Chuckanut Formation leaf and track fossils in sandstone

WA DNR public fossil site near Deming documented by DNR and paleontology outreach.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Slippery creek bouldersLandslide debris

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