Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Pictures
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is located just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada and is is one of the single largest sites of vertebrate fossils in the Great Basin and Mojave region.
This urban park offers visitors opportunities for hiking, wildlife viewing, and to view actual fossils. The trail system also popular for bikers and horseback riding.
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Things to see and do
- Take hike through the park on one of the many trails available
- View the fossil dig site at the south end of the park
- Photography
- Biking
- Wildlife spotting
- Enjoy the travelling exhibits located at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge and Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Enjoy a Ranger-led program during the year. Check the events calendar here.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Hours
Tule Springs is open all year long during daylight hours.
Directions to Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tule Springs is only about 20 miles from the Las Vegas Strip so getting here is pretty easy. Just plug it into your phone or GPS and you’ll be fine. The park sits along US 95 north of Aliante and Centennial Hills to Creech Air Force Base.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Park Stats
Date created: 2014
Annual Visitors: 47,674 as of 2022
Fun Fact: Columbian mammoths are the most found vertebrate fossils found at the site along with camels, giant ground sloths, several species of horse, deer, bison, and saber tooth cats!
Visitor Centers and Passport Stamps
There is no Visitor Center at the park. However, you can get your NPS Passport Stamp at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Visitor Center or you can get a virtual stamp here.
Other Nearby Parks
We’ve visited all of the National Park Service sites in Nevada, and we’ve loved them all. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is the closest to Tule Springs followed by Death Valley National Park. Great Basin National Park shouldn’t be missed though. It’s about 4.5 hours north of Las Vegas. We included Great Basin on our trip to Utah a few years back which makes the drive not quite so long. 
Other parks that are within a day’s drive are Joshua Tree, the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce Canyon.
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