Lost Creek Dam Field Trip

The Dallas Paleontological Society is hosting a field trip to the Lost Creek Dam site outside of Jacksboro, TX, Saturday, November 8, 2025, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

To see a map of our meeting site, copy the coordinates listed for this trip into your Maps program to get directions.

 From the parking location there is about a 3/4 mile walk to the collecting site. You will also have to climb over a gate. When you park, please do not block access to the gate.

The fossils are from the Carboniferous Pennsylvanian period. They include brachiopods, bivalves, bryozoa, corals, sponges, cephalopods, gastropods, crinoids and many others. The fauna is exceptionally diverse. It is geologically part of the Graham Formation.

Bob Williams and Svetlana Earnest will be leading this trip.

No registration with Dallas Paleontological Society is required, but if you are attending and you do not have a Texas State Park pass you will need to obtain a day pass at this URL:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/fort-richardson/fees-facilities/entrance-fees

Please email fieldtrips@dallaspaleo.org  with any questions.

The address is:

1180 Lost Creek Rd.

Jacksboro, TX  76458

GPS: 33.2462N 98.11898W

We ask that you print out the Hold Harmless agreement attached to your Registration confirmation email, sign it and give to Bob upon your arrival. Also, attached is a fossil identification sheet for the site.

DPS