John Day Fossil Beds

U.S. National Park Service

U.S. National Park Service

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon.

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This sunny Central Oregon treasure, with colorful badlands, fossils, and spires, is the perfect spring escape for hikers and rockhounds. Go in spring or fall for zero crowds and mild temps.

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If you're headed out to Eastern Oregon, you're not going to want to miss our ultimate guide to John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

Some 54 million years ago, this entire region of Oregon lay beneath the Pacific Ocean. Within the striated rock, scientists have found fossilized evidence of more than 2,200 plants and animals and of great shifts in temperature and precipitation that may reveal clues to the planet’s climactic cycles. The park’s 14,000 acres are divided into three parts — the Clarno, Painted Hills and Sheep Rock Units — offering rugged hiking trails, spring and summer wildflowers, scenic drives, and of course, a museum of fascinating fossils to help visitors reflect on the planet’s long history.