Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monuement Review

Never did find the fossil exhibit... Just a sign saying future home of

The visitors center is great but if you want to find fossils you need either a guide or GPS coordinates of recent digs. We went there and it's like finding a needle in a haystack.

So much history and the people are very knowledgeable. No dogs allowed in though

Oregon Trail, fossils, scenery. Beautiful area. Trout fishing.

No open fossil beds.. all fossils they have are on display in visitors center

Pretty cool its actualy in a forestry building but they have a place you can warch a video about the history of the area.

It makes for a cool stop on an Idaho road trip. The location on google maps is the visitor center in town. The actual fossil bed hiking area is like a 15 minute drive away.

Awesome little stop off the freeway. Did you know we have found Mammoth and Saber tooth tigers in this area!? Mind blowing!

The place was closed. In fact it seems like the whole town of Hagerman was closed. We went to several places and they were all closed. So we just left town. Not much to see there unless you went for the Fossil Beds, and that's exactly what we went for. So disappointed! We were so looking forward to seeing it since we were doing the touristy thing.

What an amazing place... and hike!
Wow!!!

Pretty neat place to visit. The rangers are super awesome here.

Visitor center was interesting but overviews didn't add much to this site.

Great place to take the family and enjoy Idaho's splendor.

Gorgeous lookouts. One overlooks the snake river and the other overlooks a portion of the Oregon trail.

Really expected something a little more involved but it was an ok place to stop by as long as it is on the way.

Nice museum. Interesting movie. The rangers are eager to help and show you everything. Also jr ranger programs

Not a whole lot to do here but it's very peaceful. The bathroom was stocked and clean.

Educational. Quick visit. Small visitors center. Actual fossil bed just down the road.

The ranger at the visitor's center was amazing. He had tons of experience (including trilobite digs and work at the Smithsonian) with fossils and loads of information for us. Got to see the Oregon Trail, bald eagles, and learn a lot about the area. It was definitely a good stop on our road trip!

Nice display at the visitor center. Nothing to see in the desert.

Not worth the trip, you don't see any fossils and can't get to the site.There are a few fossils at the visitors center.

Very disappointed. Didn't get to go see where the fossils originated from. Maybe a good place for little kids

Nothing to see; avoid unless you have nothing better to do.

Pretty non eventful. They don't actually have any fossils in the visitor center only a plastic model of the primitive horses that used to live in that area. Really not worth the stop.

This NPS site is small and on the Main Street of a tiny town, but it is great nonetheless. Jay was full of information to share! He recommended a local hike to us and it was fabulous.

My girlfriend and I were visiting from Portland and were eager to hear that the Visitor Center was open again. We were looking forward to having our passport books stamped, but instead, they stamped pieces of paper for us to put in our books. This may seem like it s not a big deal, but for two people that drove eight hours to get stamps IN their passport book, this was disappointing.

Regardless, the staff was very friendly and informative and the displays were impressive to say the least.

Very disappointed. Was led to believe that if I followed the driving loop that we'd see more than weeds and cows. Signage along the route is non existent

I visited the site, but unfortunately the visitor center was closed when I was able to go. I do not recommend visiting unless you are going to talk to the ranger and see the interpretive portion in visitor center. I enjoyed my time here, as I always do at national park sites, but like would absolutely emphasize that the visitor center is what makes this trip worthwhile.

Amazing!! Great displays that intrigued adults and kids. Awesome kid friendly staff and activities. Dissected owl pellets, dug for bones, and had a killer time

Great place to visit, you can actually see the original Oregon trail