Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve and Center
Discover Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve and Center in Rockford
Looking for a unique experience? Stroll through acres of native Iowa prairie, discover & collect ancient sea life from the quarry are and visit the company that unearthed these treasures.
Features Available at Various Facilities
- Electricity
- Handicap Accessible
- Picnic Table
- Refuse cans
- Collect your own Devonian fossils
- Hike trails through native prairies and fossil quarry.
- Observe the historic beehive kilns used by the Rockford Brick & Tile Co.
- Visitor Center contains compelling exhibits that intrepret the unique features of the Park
- Canoe access to the Winnebago River. For information on river conditions . . .
- No Admission fee.
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