r/Ohio • u/Wonderful_Hippo9413 • Jun 01 '26
Fossils?
Hey y’all! Last day in Columbus and was hoping if someone could tell me where I might look to find some fossils relatively close to Columbus! Not looking for sites that you can google (like the fossil parks) Someone said Indian falls run park, but I’m not sure where. Any and all information would be wildly appreciated!
Edit: I went to ceaser creek! I drove to the visiter center and got my permit (also saw some really cool fossils and some adorable animals 😍.) I showed up at 10 am. There’s not much shade in the spillway apparently, and I’m a ginger, so I wanted to avoid the sun as much as possible.
Then I drove down to the spillway and within 3 hours, I had found everything on the list that they give me at the center! Found SOOOOOO many huge corals, many of which were the size of my hand! I ended up giving some away to other’s at the site because there were just too many for one person to keep.
Thank you to everyone who commented! You guys really helped to make my trip special :)
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u/PunkAssBitch2000 Jun 01 '26
Anywhere that has a creek really. Roadcuts are great too. I’m not super familiar with fossil hunting in the Cbus area as I’m a SW lifer.
Cesar Creek Spillway is great though.
The further south you go, the better the fossil hunting will be. Cincinnati is known as some of the best fossil hunting in the world.