Just 1.5 hours from the city of Bend, tucked away in Eastern Oregon, is the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. This site has made it onto Oregon’s 7 Wonders list, and as soon as you catch ...

The John Day Fossil Beds are like nothing else. No other place in Oregon, and few other places in the world, can match this otherworldly landscape, where the soil comes in bands of color and is ...

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon, houses one of the longest and most complete fossil records of plants and animals from the ...

Celebrate 50 years of John Day Fossil Beds in Eastern Oregon Friday and Saturday with special events including a reunion ...

Considered one of the “Seven Wonders of Oregon,” the Painted Hills are part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and are a must-see when traveling north of central Oregon. Oregon’s ...

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument was completely different 40 million years ago. Central Oregon was hot, wet and filled with a wide diversity of plants, according to the National Park Service.

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument could provide new insight into how prehistoric animals lived in Oregon.

KIMBERLY, Ore. (KTVZ) — A groundbreaking paleontological discovery at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument has uncovered fossilized footprints dating back as far as 50 million years ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Outdoor activities are “not advised” in Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument as wildfires continue to pump unhealthy smoke into the area. According to ...

About 50 million years ago, a small bird waded along a lakeshore in what today is central Oregon ... fossil footprints and the dogged work of an undergraduate intern at John Day Fossil Beds ...

The 2025-2026 Oregon Blue Book front cover features a stunning capture from the Painted Cove in the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, near Mitchell. Photographer ...

The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument hosts a series of events June 20-21 in celebration of its 50th anniversary.