National Fossil Day Celebration and Partial Eclipse Program

Celebrate National Fossil Day at the Falls of the Ohio State Park with a series of special fossil bed hikes, reduced admission for the Interpretive Center, guides on the collecting piles, children’s activities and more!
Three special hikes:
10 to 11:30 AM – 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, 15-foot wide honeycomb coral, four-foot horn coral and more.

12 to 2:00 PM – Eclipse “Hike” – Instead of exploring the earth we will look at the partial solar eclipse. Bring a white bed sheet to see hundreds of crescent suns under a tree. If overcast, we will explore the fossil beds.

3 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 AM to 3:30 PM – Guides help you find fossils and minerals on the collecting piles. Free ID sheets.

10 AM to Noon – The history of teeth. Stan Dunn, DMD, will display different types of fossil teeth and an activity for children to win a fossil shark tooth.

Noon to 3 PM – Make and take arts & craft with a paleontology theme.