National Monuments · Nevada
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
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Introduction
Background: 1
Over the last ~570,000 years, water has transformed the Upper Las Vegas Valley. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is an urban park that preserves the unique story of this ever-changing environment.
Geography
Designation: 2
National Monument
State or territory: 3
Nevada
Park Map - Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument: 4
Map scope: Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Map of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Nevada. Surrounded by desert mountains in tan, the park is shown in darker peanut-brown, and it stretches northwest from Las Vegas in the bottom right almost into the top left corner of the map.
History and culture
History & Culture: 5
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument is centrally located within the ancestral homelands of Nuwu/Nuwuvi which they have occupied since the beginning of time when the world was new. Local natural springs and resources they support were and continue to be vital to the Southern Paiute, other Native American Tribes, and eventually European Americans who traveled and resided in the area. Archeological resources found throughout the monument are representative of the diverse cultural heritage of the region’s inhabitants and present a valuable record of human use and adaptation to changing environmental conditions throughout the area. Many of these sites, and the landscapes upon which they reside, hold enduring cultural and spiritual significance to Native American Tribes.
Nature
Animals: 6
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Visitor information
Visitation
Sources & field notes
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Background · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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Designation · National Park System directory. Open source ↗
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State or territory · National Park System directory. Open source ↗
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Park Map - Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument · National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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- Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
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- Official map PDF ↗
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- Public domain; NPS map
- Rights
- Public domain; NPS map
History & Culture · National Park Service. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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Animals · National Park Service. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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Physical Address · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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Mailing Address · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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Telephone · Official park structured information. Open source ↗
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- 2026-10-30
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Recreation visits · National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics. Open source ↗
- Information date
- 2025
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Methodology
- NPS reporting unit; annual total is the sum of 12 monthly recreation visit estimates.
- Reporting unit
- Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
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- Factual reference data; source attribution retained.