Dinosaur Park Open House
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About this event
One of 798 upcoming events at Maryland-National Capital Park, and 2,866 across Washington.
Dinosaur Park Open Houses are a free public program on the first and third Saturday of every month and the second Sunday in the summer. No reservations required. Come join us and learn more about fossils, including the dinosaurs who used to call Maryland home. Guests can expect an orientation and then the opportunity to search the surface of the ground for fossils. No prior registration required. ASL interpretation is offered at each event. All park rules apply (listed below). 1. Closed toed shoes required 2. No pets or tools allowed inside the fossil site 3. Guests cannot cross the rope fence 4. There is no digging during this program. All fossils are naturally eroding from the ground 5. No running in the fossil site 6. No throwing rocks or rolling rocks 7. All scientifically important fossils will be kept in trust with the commission to be used for current and future research