Ladonia Fossil Park

Category: Park

Address: 2853 FM2990, Ladonia, TX 75449, USA

Phone: +19033677011

Opening hours

Sunday: Open 24 hours

Monday: Open 24 hours

Tuesday: Open 24 hours

Wednesday: Open 24 hours

Thursday: Open 24 hours

Friday: Open 24 hours

Saturday: Open 24 hours

Reviews

Centrifugal Muse

Aug 10, 2021

It’s beautiful here, whether you want to look over the edge of the bridge or go down and look for fossils! Love that they added a parking lot and walkway so we no longer have to rappel down with a rope lol

Andrea Labordeta

May 2, 2021

This place was awesome!!! Be ready to climb down and up some very deep steps. Wear clothes you don't mind getting very dirty. Can't wait to go back when it's dry!

Angela Cross

Jan 4, 2021

Very peaceful. Water pretty low today. The walkways need serious attention. It's very steep with only 1 way down and back up.

Christopher Carver

Jan 21, 2020

This is a good place to find fossils in the riverbed. There are lots of old clam shell impressions in the clay. The water is usually no more than 1 foot deep, but some spots are very muddy. As for the park, it is just an grassy parking lot. No facilities, or even trash cans. My kids had fun looking for fossils in the river bed. There was a stepped erosion control pathway down to the riverbed. We used this to make our way down. Some of the steps are big, about 2 feet high for each step.

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Questions & Answers

What kind of fossils can I find there?

GENESIS JUAN | Jun 18, 2021
Aaron Jacob | Jun 19, 2021

I found some mosasour teeth, 1 aonemonite and a piece of turtle shell

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Is there anywhere there or near by where you can camp?

Gracie Sample | Jun 18, 2021
Jennifer Kemp | Jun 19, 2021

I don't think so. I think the closest is Cooper Lake Star Park

Is there a bathroom?

Denise Ereka Peterson | Jun 18, 2021
Denise Ereka Peterson | Jun 19, 2021

thanks. thats what I thought!

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Does anyone know what is the average time to get to the creek bank? Also, how friendly is the place for a pregnant woman (3 months) 7 and a 2 year-old??? I'm wanting to go in the next week or so.

Mario Medina | Jun 18, 2021
Ino Mata | Jun 19, 2021

The parking lot is close mabey 200 yards but you have to climb down very tall and steep steps and down at an angle across the side of the steep bank its a task but possible.

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What kind of fossils have you found? Also is this a good weekend to visit with all the rain?

Catherine Miller | Jun 18, 2021
Dylan Young | Jun 19, 2021

You can find dinosaur bones (found a vertebra last time I went), arrow heads, and shark teeth. Probably best time to go is right after a rain

Has anyone been out to Ladonia in the past couple of days? If so, is it flooded or are there areas you can walk in the river/creek bed to look for fossils?

Kristine H | Jun 18, 2020
robert moody | Jun 19, 2020

I went a week ago there's water, quite a bit but it is only about 3 to 9 inches deep most places. Water is warm and the shale is slippery but is great to go walk around in the water and let the kids play while looking for fossils. There were 2 well worn mosasaur vertebrae and 3 shark teeth found along with lots of oyter shells.

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Can you fish?

Venecia Leal | Jun 18, 2020
Mackenzie Hernandez | Jun 19, 2020

No, it is a dried river

Hello to all those who like outdoor activities. My question is someone knows where you can find out if it is fossil or just a rock 🤓

Miguel Guzman | Jun 19, 2019
Karl Siggelow | Jun 20, 2019

Look at the Red Line. This is the best place around fossils.

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Will the new lake cover this place

gary griggs | Oct 21, 2021
tommy BOY | Oct 22, 2021

The lake is on. New Bridge is going in at this site on 34. Moving to the damsite apparently. Temporary at Bridge on Friday 2990.

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Can anyone tell me the current river conditions? I am planning a trip for the coming weekend

Deborah Powell | Jun 19, 2019
j p Kruger | Jun 20, 2019

The nsr has water in it and if we get more rain like the weather man says not a good weekend to go

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Is there a fee?

Bonnie Perkins | Jun 19, 2019
Eric Garland | Jun 20, 2019

No fees or facilities so plan accordingly

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If you find a fossil, can you keep it? Does the public law apply?

Johnny Schneider | Jun 19, 2018
j p Kruger | Jun 20, 2018

Lots for fossils are taken our of the river bed and kept and I have not heard of any one arrested . I think you may be referring to Corps of engineer Lakes

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