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Montour Preserve Fossil Pit

Montour Preserve Fossil Pit

Montour Preserve Fossil Pit, 160 Sportsmans Rd, Danville, PA 17821, USA

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Crack open 395-million-year-old shale rocks and find real fossils. Trilobites, ancient clams, gastropods... that you get to take home. It's a one-acre pit in the middle of a nature preserve, totally free, and one of the 30 most impressive fossil sites in North America.  Bring a hammer and goggles. Open dawn to dusk year-round.

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