Hudson-Meng Bison Kill

Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed
The dig site at Hudson-Meng
Hudson-Meng Bison Kill is located in Nebraska
Hudson-Meng Bison Kill
Hudson-Meng Bison Kill is located in the United States
Hudson-Meng Bison Kill
Nearest cityCrawford, Nebraska
Area20 acres (8.1 ha)
WebsiteHudson-Meng Education & Research Center
NRHP reference No.73001076[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1973

The Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed site, officially named the Hudson-Meng Education and Research Center, is a fossil site located in the Oglala National Grassland of Sioux County, Nebraska 20 miles northwest of Crawford. It contains the 10,000-year-old remains of up to 600 bison.[2]

Open seasonally, the site features a visitor center with interpretive exhibits and views of the bones. Guided tours are available.[3]

The Bison Trail to Toadstool Geologic Park is a 3-mile hike.

Part of the site is protected by a building
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed". Archived September 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Fossil Freeway. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  3. ^ "Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed". Fossil Freeway. Retrieved June 5, 2016.