Thomas Condon Visitor Center - John Day Fossil Beds

 The visitor center has a short video on the geology of the region and detailed displays about the animals entombed in rock formed by layers of ash, dust, and floods from multiple volcanic eruptions occurring over 40 million years. There's also a paleontology laboratory with large window so visitors can watch the tedious work of chipping rock to uncover fossils. Over 500 fossil are on display. 

The visitor center is accessible.  Fossil Beds National Monument has three units. Each has a number of short trails but due to the hilly terrain and rough ground surface only one is accessible for a very short distance so we did not go on any trails or to the other units.

  

The parking lot has long RV spaces. Visitor Center  44.55213, -119.646