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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument - FacilitiesVISITOR CENTERS Main Visitor Center Open Summer Extended Hours: June 8 - Labor Day: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year"s Days. Phone (719)748-3253 Location Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is 35 miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visitors traveling north/south on I-25: Exit at US 24 West, travel 35 miles to town of Florissant, then follow signs two miles south to the visitor center on Teller County 1. Visitors traveling east/west on US 24: Exit to the town of Florissant, then follow signs two miles south on Teller County 1 to the visitor center. Visitors traveling from the town of Cripple Creek: Follow Teller County Road 1 north for 16 miles. TRANSPORTATION: To Park: access by US Highway 24 and Teller County Road 1. Closures Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year"s Day Special Programs Programs/Activities: There are regularly scheduled interpretive talks and walks by rangers during the summer season. In addition, rangers lead a series of free discovery programs on various weekends during the summer. Education groups can be scheduled any time of the year, check our education page for available programs, and call the monument for advanced reservations. Junior Ranger Activities: During the summer months there are Junior Ranger actvities every weekend; or request a copy of our Junior Ranger self-guided activities from the front desk. Exhibits The visitor center serves as an interpretive and information center. Fossil and other exhibits are on display and books and brochures are available. The 1878 Hornbek Homestead is preserved as an example of early homesteading in the Florissant Valley. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Available Facilities The Rocky Mountain Nature Association, a non-profit National Park Service Cooperating Association, manages a bookstore/sales outlet in the park visitor center. Items purchased from the Association support the interpretive and educational programs of the Fossil Beds. There is a wide selection of natural and local history books, children"s nature books, as well as maps, nature videos, audio cassettes and games. Membership in the RMNA offers the benefit of discounts at the bookstore, as well as those at Rocky Mountain National Park and other sites. |
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