86930 517th Ave.
Royal, NE , 68773

Phone: 4028932000

Website

The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are among the rare preservation sites called lagerstätten, which preserve ecological "snapshots" from a moment in time, due to extraordinary local conditions that have preserved a range of fossilized organisms undisturbed. Ash from a Yellowstone hotspot eruption 10-12 million years ago created this ash bed.
The site is now protected as Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, which includes a visitor center with interpretive displays and working fossil preparation laboratory, and a building over an ongoing excavation site that features native American rhinos and ancestral horses.

Ashfall Fossil Beds is located 4 miles east and 6 miles north of Orchard, NE. Or 2 miles west and 6 miles north of Royal, NE. Or 7 miles west and 3 miles south of Junction of Hwy 14 & 59

Hours are:
May 25-September 2: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm
September 3-October 13: Tue-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm, closed Mon.
Ashfall closes for 2019 on October 14.

The machine is located in visitor center to the right when entering. The machine contains 4 designs and has the Ashfall website on the back. They have 'Ashfall Fossil Beds' on the front. Each design costs $.76. Designs are;
1) Dino bone skull
2) 2 Rhino's,
3) Zorse, Zebra Horse mix,
4) Saber Tooth Cat.
The rear has 'www.ashfall.unl.edu' on all of them.

10/17/24 - was going to drive by, however their website says they're temporarily closed.