Waco Mammoth National Monument • Texas

Visitors view fossils from walkway

Entrance sign to Waco Mammoth with bluebonnets in foreground.

President Obama signs order viewed by members of National Park Service

Painting of Mammoth nursery herd

Mammoth Tusks in situ

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.

Visitors view fossils from above using the elevated walkway.
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Waco Mammoth National Monument became part of the national Park Service on July 10, 2015.
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On July 10, 2015, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation making the Waco Mammoth Site a new unit of the National Park System.
Official White House photo by Amanda Lucidon

This paleontological site represents the nation’s only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Columbian mammoths.
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Mammoth fossils are in situ (still in their original position within the bone bed).
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Volunteer Ralph Vinson kneels among fossils.

The History of Waco Mammoth NM

It all started with a discovery in 1978. Learn about the history of this national park site.

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in-situ fossils

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Interior of a large building. There is excavated area with fossils protruding from the ground.

Virtual Tour of the Dig Shelter

Take a close look at many of the fossils, and learn about the stories of these animals from the Pleistocene Epoch (the Ice Age).

Last updated: March 26, 2024

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Waco, TX 76708

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