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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Named for the nearby rock formations containing agate, the fossil beds underlie the grassy Carnegie and University hills, which overlook the Niobrara River. The fossils are imbedded in the sedimentary rock formed some 20 million years ago.

The monument covers some 2700 acres and lies 23 miles south of Harrison on Highway 29. Picnicking is permitted, but the collecting of fossils, rocks or plants is forbidden.

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Location	301 River Road Gering Nebraska 69346
Phone	308-436-4340
Fax	668-2318
Website	http://www.nps.gov/agfo/index.htm However, as a place, Agate is so much more. The landscape surrounding the fossil beds has been a site of change for millions of years. The relationship between land, weather, ecology and mammals in the Agate area has been a stage of continual change over time. Agate has also been a home to people like James Cook and his wife, Kate; great ...