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National Monument · TX

Waco Mammoth National Monument

Standing as tall as 14 feet and weighing 20,000 pounds, Columbian mammoths roamed across what is present-day Texas thousands of years ago. Today, the fossil specimens represent the nation's first and only recorded evidence of a nursery herd of ice age Columbian mammoths.

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Photos

Visitors view fossils from walkway
Visitors view fossils from above using the elevated walkway.
President Obama signs order viewed by members of National Park Service
On July 10, 2015, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation making the Waco Mammoth Site a new unit of the National Park System.
Painting of Mammoth nursery herd
This paleontological site represents the nation’s only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Columbian mammoths.
Entrance sign to Waco Mammoth with bluebonnets in foreground.
Waco Mammoth National Monument became part of the national Park Service on July 10, 2015.
Mammoth Tusks in situ
Mammoth fossils are in situ (still in their original position within the bone bed).

Activities

  • Guided Tours
  • Hands-On