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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

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Introduction

To be fair, this page probably shouldn't exist. This was one of my early NPS site visits and had no idea what I was looking at. Had I actually done some reseach before I went, this page would probably look quite different....

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Map
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US-24 (Colorado)
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US-24 in Colorado is a nice mountain drive between Buena Vista and Colorado Springs.

Along the way is Wilkerson Pass, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods, a Colorado Springs city park.

Colorado / 13 Images. Visited Sep 2008.

Florissant Fossil Beds Trip Report: Sep 1997.

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