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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument – Idaho

Images of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument – Southern Idaho, taken in June 2018.

Primarily known for partial and complete skeletons of the Hagerman Horse, a Zebra-like animal that predates today’s horse, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument preserves fossil species from the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago) during the Cenozoic Period.

The Visitor Center is not in the park but instead in the nearby town of Hagerman and there is no place where you can view fossils or fossil quarries other than the fossils on display in the Visitor Center. There is however a short road that passes through the park with two overlooks. The first gives you sweeping views of the park bluffs as well as the winding Snake River while the second celebrates the Oregon Trail and allows for views of wagon ruts made by emigrants traveling west in the 1800’s.
Banks of the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Banks of the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Sandstone cliffs reflected in the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Sandstone cliffs reflected in the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 A pair of Bald Eagles perched on a dead tree in the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
A pair of Bald Eagles perched on a dead tree in the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 A Golden Eagle soars overhead in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
A Golden Eagle soars overhead in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 The banks of the Snake River reflected in the water in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
The banks of the Snake River reflected in the water in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Looking across the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Looking across the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
A Bend in the Snake River bordering the park in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
A Bend in the Snake River bordering the park in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Geese in the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Geese in the Snake River in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Plaster cast of fossils in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Plaster cast of fossils in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Skull of the Hagerman Horse (Idaho State Fossil) found in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Skull of the Hagerman Horse (Idaho State Fossil) found in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Camel lower jawbone found in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Camel lower jawbone found in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Looking across the buffs in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Looking across the buffs in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
High cliffs in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
High cliffs in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 The Upper Salmon Falls Dam on the Snake River from Fossil Beds National Monument
The Upper Salmon Falls Dam on the Snake River from Fossil Beds National Monument		 Visible wagon ruts along the Oregon Trail in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Visible wagon ruts along the Oregon Trail in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Close up of wagon ruts along the Oregon Trail in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Close up of wagon ruts along the Oregon Trail in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Wagon ruts, where the wagons bogged down in deep sand, along the Oregon Trail in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Wagon ruts, where the wagons bogged down in deep sand, along the Oregon Trail in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument		 Marker indicating where the Oregon Trail passes over a ridge in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Marker indicating where the Oregon Trail passes over a ridge in Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

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