Hot Springs, South Dakota: Mammoth Site: Indoor Boneyard
Watch scientists unearth Mammoth bones inside a climate-controlled building. Possibly the sweetest gig in paleontology. Life-size mammoth statue and historical marker out front.
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Hot spring site where mammoths were drawn to water and then drowned. Huge excavation effort on grounds formerly planned for an apartment complex. The land owner was cool enough to give up his capitalist endeavors for a piece of natural history.
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Mammoth Site: Indoor Boneyard
- Address:
- 1800 W. Hwy. 18 By-Pass, Hot Springs, SD
- Directions:
- South edge of town. Take the Hwy 18 bypass to Mammoth St., then turn north.
- Phone:
- 605-745-6017
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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