Agate Fossil Beds National Monument - Plan Your Visit

Agate Fossill Beds National Monument by National Parks Service

OPERATING HOURS, SEASONS

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Daily, year-round: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed Christmas, New Years, and Thanksgiving Days. Hours of the Visitor Center and Museum are extended to 6:00 p.m. during the summer. Off Season - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Getting There

Plane

Nearest air service is available through Western Nebraska Regional Airport in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, approximately 50 miles southeast of the monument.

Car

To the park: access to region by automobile via Interstates 80, 90 and 25, and various state highways and county roads. Visitors traveling east-west on U.S. Highway 26, turn North on State Highway 29 at Mitchell, Nebraska. The park is 34 miles from Mitchell. Visitors traveling on U.S. Highway 20, turn South on State Highway 29 at Harrison, Nebraska. The park is 22 miles from Harrison. Follow the National Park Service signs. Aside from River Road (Sioux County)and the designated parking areas, visitors are not allowed to drive vehicles within the park boundaries. Vehicles driven by staff, adjacent landowners, and other individuals performing official business are allowed to drive inside the park on non-developed roads.

Public Transportation

No public transportation is available at the park. However, there is a taxi service in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.