Waco Mammoth National Monument

Standing as tall as 14 feet and weighing 20,000 pounds, Columbian mammoths roamed across what is present-day Texas thousands of years ago. Today, the fossil specimens represent the nation's first and only recorded evidence of a nursery herd of ice age Columbian mammoths.

Interior of Dig Shelter

Visitors view fossils from above using the elevated walkway.

Visitors view fossils from walkway

Waco Mammoth Executive Order

On July 10, 2015, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation making the Waco Mammoth Site a new unit of the National Park System.

President Obama signs order viewed by members of National Park Service

Mammoth Herd Mural

This paleontological site represents the nation’s only recorded discovery of a nursery herd of Columbian mammoths.

Painting of Mammoth nursery herd

Entrance Sign to Waco Mammoth

Waco Mammoth National Monument became part of the national Park Service on July 10, 2015.

Entrance sign to Waco Mammoth with bluebonnets in foreground.

Mammoth Tusks

Mammoth fossils are in situ (still in their original position within the bone bed).

Mammoth Tusks in situ