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Fossil Hunting at Lilydale Park

Jun 20
Sat 1:00 PM
Location
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Estimated attendance
 55  people attended.
5.00 5.004

Who organized?
Crystal Dervetski and Victor Tanner

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Come out with your freethinking friends for some fossil hunting action. Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul, near Harriet Island, has multiple fossil hunting beds, waterfalls, an interesting cave, and beautiful city views.

Minnesota Atheists is providing a group permit for the day, so no need for individual permits.

There is some walking involved, much uphill, to get to the fossil beds, though this fossil site is also suitable for children. This site is not as fossiliferous as some others, but you are still pretty much guaranteed to find a fossil! It is very easy, no skill involved! :)

It is recommended to wear comfortable shoes and clothing. If you'd like, bring along gloves and a bag/container for your finds. We will have a copy of the field guide to help you identify your fossils. (You can see Vic's blog post about Minnesota fossil hunting to see pictures of just a few fossils that we have found.)

The only bathrooms available are at Harriet Island Park 1 mile away from the site, so keep that in mind. That is also the closest drinking water source.

Click on this link for a great intro and guide to Lilydale Regional Park, including maps of the area.

DIRECTIONS:

From Harriet Island Park at Plato Boulevard:
Continue west on Water Street for 1 mile. The parking lot is on your left.

From 35E:
Take the Highway 13 exit and then take a right onto Lilydale Road. Lilydale road circles under Highway 13. Stay on Lilydale Road for exactly 1.8 miles. The parking lot is on your right. (The parking lot is somewhat difficult to see coming from this direction.)

A PDF Map of Lilydale Regional Park

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  • Crystal Dervetski
    Posted Jun 14, 2009 9:25 AM
    Crystal Dervetski
    Assistant Organizer
    We do about one meet up per month in the Mankato area. The next one is Freethinking Camping which is at Sakatah State Park in Waterville, MN. We can't do more than 1 per month, as we are the only organizers in the Mankato area currently. Any volunteers? :)

Who attended?

  • 55 attendees
    • “ It was really a lot of fun. I felt like it was relaxing and it was nice to see new faces and old friends. The kids were especially good at it! ”
    • “ Fossils were found, fun was had. ”
    • jennifer cottrell (+1 guest)
      “ It was a great experience. Enjoyed the fossil hunt and info supplied and enjoyed the company. I would love to do this again!! ”
    • Noah Todd Kuhnle (+1 guest)
      “ I had a blast and my 9 year old daughter said she found it deeee-lightful. Thanks for this great time. ”
    • Dennis (+1 guest)