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About this location:
National Monument
Operating Hours & Seasons
Tule Springs Operating Hours
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is open during daylight hours. The park is closed at night.
Standard Hours
- Sunday: Sunrise – Sunset
- Monday: Sunrise – Sunset
- Tuesday: Sunrise – Sunset
- Wednesday: Sunrise – Sunset
- Thursday: Sunrise – Sunset
- Friday: Sunrise – Sunset
- Saturday: Sunrise – Sunset
Fees & Passes
Entrance Fees:
- $0.00 – Tule Springs Entrance Fees
No fees or passes are currently required to access Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.
Entrance Passes:
- $0.00 – Passes
None
About
Explore the Ice Age
Mammoths, lions and camels once roamed along wetlands just north of what is now known as Las Vegas, Nevada. Their history is preserved at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument and is ready to be discovered.
Directions
Because Tule Springs is a new park, there is no visitor center, facilities or parking areas. Right now to access the park, people can park on nearby public roads in the cities of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, and they can enter the monument on foot. Federal regulations prohibit off-roading in the park. Vehicles are only permitted on approved roads and only when the vehicles are properly licensed for street use.
Weather
Refugees from states hit hard by winter’s icy clutch often flee to this area to spend a mild winter. Sunbathers spend summers here to toast in the 110 degree F plus temperatures. The area generally has less than five inches of annual rainfall. Water temperatures may range from 45 degrees F. to 85 degrees F. during winter and summer respectively.
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