Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
Royal, NE
From collectors
The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are among the rare preservation sites called lagerstätten, which preserve ecological "snapshots" from a moment in time, due to extraordinary local conditions that have preserved a range of fossilized organisms undisturbed. Ash from a Yellowstone hotspot eruption 10-12 million years ago created this ash bed.
The site is now protected as Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, which includes a visitor center with interpretive displays and working fossil preparation laboratory, and a building over an ongoing excavation site that features native American rhinos and ancestral horses.
Ashfall Fossil Beds is located 4 miles east and 6 miles north of Orchard, NE. Or 2 miles west and 6 miles north of Royal, NE. Or 7 miles west and 3 miles south of Junction of Hwy 14 & 59
Hours are:
May 25-September 2: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
September 3-October 13: Tue-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm, closed Mon.
Ashfall closes for 2019 on October 14.
The machine is located in visitor center to the right when entering. The machine contains 4 designs and has the Ashfall website on the back. They have 'Ashfall Fossil Beds' on the front. Each design costs $.76. Designs are;
1) Dino bone skull
2) 2 Rhino's,
3) Zorse, Zebra Horse mix,
4) Saber Tooth Cat.
The rear has 'www.ashfall.unl.edu' on all of them.
10/17/24 - was going to drive by, however their website says they're temporarily closed.
Machines and designs
| Machine | Designs | Coin type |
|---|---|---|
| Machine 1 | 4 | Mule |
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