Florissant Fossil Beds Visit Guide

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Best primary window for Florissant Fossil Beds: July, with August and September as strong shoulder months.

Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide and thousands of detailed fossils of insects and plants reveal the story of a very different, prehistoric Colorado.

This page identifies Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument from the checked-in NPS snapshot, dated source cards, and the month windows listed here.

Targeted Impressions Data TeamData Science & Intelligence

materializedData snapshot: October 27, 20264 source cards

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is listed as a National Monument in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.

Best months

July, August, September

Peak crowd months

July, August, June

Current signal

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is listed as a National Monument in CO in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/flfo/index.htm.

Visitor takeaway

Month windows for Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument are listed on this page. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/flfo/index.htm.

What it sounds like

Florissant Fossil Beds audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is listed as a National Monument in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Listed month windows: July, August, and September.

Best Months

July

↑ August, September

Budget Months

September

October, May

Peak Crowd

July

August, June

Region

rocky mountain

Core Experiences

colonization-and-settlementanimalselkfossils-and-paleontologypetrified-woodAstronomyStargazingFoodPicnickingGuided Tours

Month-by-month

Month windows on this page: July, August, and September listed as the primary window; July, August, and June listed as peak months; September, October, and May listed as lower-crowd months.

Primary Window

Listed primary window: July, August, and September.

Peak months

Listed peak months: July, August, and June.

Lower-crowd months

Listed lower-crowd months: September, October, and May.

Getting there

Use the closest major airport and a regional drive plan for Florissant Fossil Beds.

Visitors traveling north/south on I-25: Exit at US 24 West, travel 35 miles to town of Florissant, then follow signs two miles south on Teller County Road 1 to the Visitor Center. Visitors traveling from town of Cripple Creek: Follow Teller County Road 1 north for 16 miles.

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Place instrument

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Season and now

Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.

Current hand: Not available

Three listening lanes

Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.

Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.

Jamcorder: Shared station.

Text equivalent for the seasonal place clock
Month	Visitability	Crowd pressure
January	41	12
February	43	12
March	48	16
April	53	28
May	57	46
June	57	72
July	60	90
August	60	86
September	59	70
October	57	38
November	50	18
December	43	12

The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.

Methodology

This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, the 4 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
Source cards: 4

Data Behind This Reading

Source provenance

NPS identity

high

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is identified as National Monument with NPS code flfo.

Available · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Official operations

limited

Official alerts should be verified on the NPS page. This site uses a checked-in snapshot, not a live operations feed.

From the data snapshot · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Weather and seasonality

limited

Winter months - average high 40 degrees F; average low 5 degrees F; Summer months - average high 75 degrees F; average low 40 degrees F;

Modeled · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

How this page is assembled

limited

place page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

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Where Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument fits

State, region, and designation hubs that list this place.

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