Stonerose Interpretive Center Eocene Fossil Site

The museum was being refurbished, so I can only comment on dig site it was fun! Bring your own tools, pretty much any chisel will work. Site is in full sun so be prepared. You can leave site (lunch and return. The site is short walk (200 yds? from museum, disabled parking at dig. Pretty much 100% you will find some sort of fossil, likely fern or leaf, even without tools.

We had such a great day… Simon was super helpful and friendly! We had our 3 year old with us and the terrain was manageable… we found some cool fossilized leaves. Overall a wonderful experience!

The center has a nice collection of fossils, and the volunteers gave us a great introduction. At the dig site, promising pieces of slate were hard to come by spent an hour looking for and splitting rocks, found two small fossil fragments. There are better fossil sites in western Washington, but worth a stop if you are in the area!

We had fun digging in the sun! Bring water, hats and sunscreen as there is no shade during digging hours. Gloves are necessary for sharp slate rocks. Found a rose and leaves.

I took my grandkids for a day of digging! What a treasure Republic has! We all took something home.