The 5-million year old Gray Fossil Site was discovered in 2000 by TDOT highway crews. To learn more please visit our website or plan a visit to Hands On! Discovery Center @visithandson.
The Gray Fossil Site is a place where visitors can get up close and personal with an active fossil dig site. ETSU scientists believe the site was formed by an underground limestone cave that collapsed and created a sinkhole. This left a vast fossil deposit that dates back 5 million years. Hundreds of plan and animal fossils have been unearthed so far including saber tooth cat, alligator, tapir, rhinoceros, short-faced bear, red panda, and an estimated 10-ton mastodon.
Visit Hands On! Discovery Center @visithandson to learn more about this incredible discovery and even take a tour of the dig site itself!
The dig site is active May-October, weather permitting, and staff and volunteers are working in the prep lab year round.
Hands On! Discovery Center is open:
Tuesday-Saturday 9a-5pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm
Open seasonally on Mondays and extended hours. For more information or holiday closings call (423) 434-4263 or visit http://visithandson.org
