Fossil Butte National Monument Visitor Center — Attraction in Kemmerer

Awesome little place in the middle of nowhere. Great Fossils to view right in front of your very eyes. Simply amazing to witness for yourself these amazing collections of all kinds of animals plants fish and insects and birds. Even a Crocodile 🐊 like fossil with its pieces of armored skined fossilized as well, which I was told is very very rare. We met the young man working there who was from San Leandro and it just so happened we were from the Bay Area as well. What a small world to find a Californian working in this place. That was pretty cool 😎. I was seriously taken back by all the Fossils that were here.. its amazing to think that all this was found in the surrounding area. If your making your way through this valley you definitely should try and stop by here and see what this place has to offer. For myself and my family it was very educational .. 5...

I thoroughly enjoy going to this place. We have now visited four or five times in the last few years. It was the beginning of our journey and getting to know the outdoors better.

It seems like we always bump into people here who have a great understanding of the region and the geology of the region. That seems to make a difference for curious people.

There are a number of fossils that can be viewed as well as casts of some of the more famous fossils that have made their way to the National Museum of Hatural History and the Field Museum of Natural History, for example.

Taking the drive up past the visitor center with a high clearance vehicle opens up beautiful...

We were not expecting a fossil discovery on our honeymoon, but it sure was a fun detour! We spent a couple hours looking at all of the incredible ancient creatures that roamed this area in the distant past. The best thing was the INCREDIBLY detailed life-size dioramas of what life may have looked like! They were spectacular, and you could tell how much time and effort was put into each leaf in the diorama. We were amazed that this lovely Visitor Center was free!

Outside the visitor center is a vast land full of wildlife- we saw antelope, mule deer, and HUGE herds of elk! Overall we had a wonderful visit and will be coming back of we're ever around...