- October 14, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT
National Fossil Day 2023
Celebrate National Fossil Day at the Falls of the Ohio State Park with a series of special fossil bed hikes, guides on the collecting piles, children’s activities and more!!!
Activity Schedule
- 10:00AM to 11:30AM A Really Big Fossil Hike Join the park naturalist as we seek out the biggest fossils on the fossil beds, including a 50-foot long branching coral, a 15-foot wide honeycomb coral, 4-foot long horn coral and more!
- Noon ro 2PM ” Eclipse Hike” Instead of exploring the earth we will look at the partial excipse. Bring a white bed sheet to see hundreds of crescent sunds under a tree. If overcast we will explore the fossil beds
- 3:00PM to4:00 PM Fishing for Fossils at Fisherman’s Point Join the park naturalist as we explore the fossil beds at Fisherman’s Point. We’ll look for snails, crinoids, and look at some of the biggest corals on the fossil beds. Bring a deck broom and a bucket and help us expose some cool fossils.
- 10:00AM to 3:30PM Collecting Pile Exploration Guides will help you find fossils and minerals on the collecting piles. Free ID shee
- 10:00 am to Noon The History of Teeth Stan Dunn, DMD and park volunteer will have a display of different types of fossil teeth and an activity for children to win a fossil shark tooth.
- Noon to 3PM Arts & Crafts Make and take arts and crafts with a paleontology theme.
