Fossil Forest
Fossil Forest is a hamlet in Park, Wyoming and has an elevation of 7,513 feet. Fossil Forest is situated nearby to the locality Lamar Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Amethyst Mountain and Lamar Buffalo Ranch.
Amethyst Mountain
Peak
Amethyst Mountain, el. 9,609 feet is the highest peak and central part of a northwest – southeast trending ridge that lies between the Lamar River to the northeast and Deep Creek to the southwest within Park County, Wyoming. Amethyst Mountain is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fossil Forest.
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
Building
Photo: Yellowstone National Park, Public domain.
The Lamar Buffalo Ranch is a historic livestock ranch in the Lamar River valley of Yellowstone National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As an early contribution to the conservation of bison, it was created to preserve one of the last free-roaming American bison herds in the United States. Lamar Buffalo Ranch is situated 2½ miles north of Fossil Forest.
Fossil Forest
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Park, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.8605° or 44° 51′ 38″ northLongitude
-110.23464° or 110° 14′ 5″ westElevation
7,513 feet (2,290 metres)Open location code
85PFVQ68+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 150967618OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5825453
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