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Oak Springs Trilobite Area, Caliente

3.9

#42 of 45 in Historic Sites in Nevada

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Oak Springs Trilobite Area Reviews

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5.0

By noworries2000

This is a BLM spot about a dozen miles south of Caliente on highway 93 - easy to find, there is a prominent road sign. The road to the dig site is sand and gravel, but easy to travel with a standard v... more »
By abearfellow

We stumbled across this little BLM park a couple of years ago and wandered around, not knowing anything about what we were looking at or looking for. This time we came back with the specific intention... more »

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By Claire White

Very short drive from Hwy 93 to the site. Then it's about a 1/4 mile walk to the site. We went on a whim, after many times passing that BLM sign. Happy we did! After only about 20-30 minutes, we'd found about 7-10 fossils. None fully in tact, mostly just heads, but still very cool. Definitely make sure you have water. No facilities of any kind, but there are some tools in a way-finding box at the beginning of the trail. Honestly, we weren't really prepared to break shale and just scoured the ground and still found a few reasonable specimens.

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