Site Name | Site or Story Description | Phone Number | Web Address | Site Street Address | Site City | Site State | Site Zip Code | Hours of Operation | Entry Fee? |
Elk Neck State Park | Early Cretaceous Ironstones (dinosaur footprints) | (410) 287-5333 | http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/elkneck.html | 4395 Turkey Point Road | North East | MD | 21901 | | Yes - see website |
Maryland Science Center | The Science Center has a Dinosaur Mysteries Exhibit with over a dozen full-size dinosaurs, including T. rex and Astrodon, casts of fossilized remains and full-sized skeletons. The exhibit includes dig pits, a field lab, excavation sites and more. Everything is hands-on. The Fossil Quest exhibit features all kinds of fossils found across Maryland, including crocodile armor, marine mollusks, petrified wood and Giant Redwood cones. | (410) 685-2370 ( 24 hour info line (410) 685-5225) | http://www.mdsci.org/home.html | 601 Light Street | Baltimore | MD | 21230 | Summer: Su-Th 10-6, F-Sa 10-8 Reg: Tu-Th 10-5, F 10-8, Sa 10-6, Su 11-5:00 | Yes - see website |
Maryland Geological Survey | Maps, library, fossil cycad exhibit | (410)554-5500 | http://www.mgs.md.gov/index.html | 2300 St. Paul Street | Baltimore | MD | | 8:30-4:30 M-F, excl. holidays | No |
Hanover Road (BW Parkway) | Site of Disney Farm (Source of cycad fossils) | | | Hanover Road and BW Parkway | Hanover | MD | | | No |
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center | Site of Swampoodle, the primary source of Maryland dinosaur bones in the ninteenth century. | | See website http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/nvc | Powder Mill Road | Beltsville | MD | | 8-4:30 M-F | No |
Greenbelt Park | Fossil footprint and cycad locality | | http://www.nps.gov/gree | 6565 Greenbelt Road | Greenbelt | MD | 20770 | Park is open dawn to dusk 365 days a year. Park Headquarters is open 8-4, M-F excl. holidays | No |
Paint Branch Valley Park | fossil footprint locality | | | Metzerott Road | College Park | MD | 20740 | | No |
Prince George's County Sports Complex and Fossil Site | Type Locality, K_T Boundary | 301-583-2400 | http://www.pgsportsandlearn.com | 8001 Sheriff Road | Landover | MD | 20785 | | No |
Bladensburg Waterfront Park | "Dinosaur Alley" sign and exhibits | 301-779-0371 | http://www.pgparks.com/places/nature/bladensburg.html | 4601 Annapolis Road | Bladensburg | MD | 20710 | Daily, 7 am-sunset | No |
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | Modern analog of early cretaceous enviroment | (202) 426-6905 | http://www.nps.gov/keaq | 1550 Anacostia Avenue, NE | Washington | DC | | | No |
Watkins Elementary School | Outdoor dinosaur garden | (202) 724-4714 | | 420 12th street SE | Washington | DC | 20003 | | No |
Capitalsaurus Court | Site of Capitalsaurus discovery, signs | | | 1st & F Streets, SE | Washington | DC | | | |
US Botanical Garden | Indoor dinosaur garden | (202) 225-8333 | http://www.usbg.gov | 245 First Street | Washington | DC | 20024 | 10-5 daily, 365 days a year | No |
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) | Dinosaurs/Hall of Paleobiology - How did life and all its wondrous forms come about? The story begins almost 3.5 billion years ago and unfolds in this exhibit. Exhibit includes Dinosaurs, Life in the Ancient Seas, Fossil Mammals and Fossil Plants. | (202) 633-1000 | http://www.mnh.si.edu | 10th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW | Washington | DC | 20560 | 10-5:30 everyday except 12/25 | No |
National Zoo (Smithsonian) | Tyrannosaurus Exhibit (Big Cat Area) | (202) 633-4800 | http://nationalzoo.si.edu | 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW | Washington | DC | 20008 | Apr-Oct: Grounds 6 am - 8 pm, Buildings 10-6. Nov-Mar: Ground 6-6, Buildings 10-4:30. | No |
Mount St. Mary's College | Dinosaur footprints in Archives Building | (301) 447-6122 | http://www.msmary.edu | 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road | Emmitsburg | MD | 21727 | | |
US Geological Survey Visitors Center | Dinosaur track exhibit, maps, library | (703) 648-4748 | http://www.usgs.gov/visitors | 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive | Reston | VA | 20192 | 8-6 M-F | No |
Adams County Historical Society Museum at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg | Fossil footprints | (717) 334-4723 | http://www.achs-pa.org | 61 Seminary Ridge | Gettysburg | PA | | Tu, W, Sa 9-12 & 1-4, Th 6-9 PM | Yes, $3 |
Future Sites |
Emmitsburg Track Park at Footprint Quarry | Dinosaur footprints (Late Trissic) | | | | Emmitsburg | MD | | | |
Dinosaur Park (Listed as Muirkirk Clay and Gravel Pits in MGS-ES5-Minerals of the Washington, DC Area) | Dinosaur fossil exhibits and digging | | | | Muirkirk | MD | | | |
Dinosaur age sites listed in Maryland Geological Society publications |
Bowie fossil locality (from MGS-ES4-Collecting fossils in Maryland) | Late Cretaceous Marine fossils | | | | Bowie | MD | | | |
Fort Washington Park (from MGS-ES5) | Early and Late Cretaceous Fossils | | | | Ft. Washington | MD | | | |
Wheeler Road (MGS-ES5) | Late Cretaceous Marine Fossils | | | | Oxon Hill | MD | | | |
Muirkirk Clay and Gravel Pits (MGS-ES5) | See Dinosaur Park, above | | | | Muirkirk | MD | | | |