Ice Age Fossils State Park, Paleontological discovery area in North Las Vegas, US.
Ice Age Fossils State Park is a 315-acre state park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area, next to Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. It opened on January 20, 2024, and has a visitor center and trails leading to fossil beds and archaeological sites.
The park was announced in January 2017 under Governor Brian Sandoval's $15 million "Explore Your Nevada" initiative. It was originally to be called Tule Springs State Park but was renamed to avoid confusion with the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. The visitor center and park opened on January 20, 2024.
The Megafauna Trail displays life-sized sculptures of animals that roamed this region tens of thousands of years ago. These figures help visitors picture the frozen landscape that once covered this place.
The park lies on the northern edge of North Las Vegas, next to Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and Willie McCool Regional Park. A visitor center opened with the park on January 20, 2024, and trails lead from it to fossil beds and archaeological sites. A parking lot with restrooms is planned near the Big Dig Trailhead.
The fossils at this location come from animals that lived during the last Ice Age, including Columbian mammoths and American lions. These species disappeared thousands of years ago and are known today only through their petrified remains.
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