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Riker Hill Fossil Site

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Updated: March 11, 2024 10:42 AM

Riker Hill Fossil Site is located in Newark (City in New Jersey), United States. It's address is Sunshine Ln, Livingston, NJ 07039.

Sunshine Ln, Livingston, NJ 07039

RM8C+MX Livingston, New Jersey

(973) 268-3500

essex-countynj.org

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Where is Riker Hill Fossil Site?

Riker Hill Fossil Site is located at: Sunshine Ln, Livingston, NJ 07039.

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Coordinates: 40.8167448, -74.3275868

Riker Hill Fossil Site Reviews
Robyn Crawford
2022-08-23 22:04:08 GMT

*Do not use Google maps to find this place.*
It is near the entrance of Becker Park on Locust Ave in Roseland, NJ. Enter Becker Park. Before the stone bridge look to your right. You will see a path if its not too overgrown. We missed it twice, but its there.

Jorge Lopez
2019-04-08 15:54:44 GMT

It was a good hike. The return hike to parking area is a bit more challenging. There's lots of geological strata to observe at varying altitudes. Great examples of sedimentary deposition, lava flow and glacial erratics.

Jennifer Lynch
2023-08-04 21:30:52 GMT

Robyn Crawford-great description of the entrance. We would have never found it with your specific directions.

Yolanda Russo (Skin Care Expert)
2019-07-29 02:27:54 GMT

Loved the serenity of this place. When you get to the top you can see the whole essex county and more.

Sage Boiko
2023-11-07 01:59:22 GMT

I love fossils yay!

Ed Young
2016-11-23 18:22:19 GMT

Art colony and events. A great little-known resource for arts education.

Lakhbir Singh
2019-09-07 21:17:49 GMT

Amazing place....brings you close to nature

vbk mjfc
2018-03-08 05:58:50 GMT

nice

Virginia Mott
2021-10-09 14:09:33 GMT

The trail is easy, maybe takes 30 mins, but is hard to find. Don't follow the Google map directions here. Instead go to the park. There is some side parking near the houses. The trail is to the right before the bridge. I couldn't find any fossils. I think the park has been well picked over. But it is a nice walk.

Philipp Molzer
2020-04-05 01:15:33 GMT

Nice old quarry with some visible fossils. About a 15 minute hike from trail head. Trail has blue blazes. I saw some imprints that could have been plant stems. It looks like fossil collectors are active here.

J P
2019-09-17 23:59:58 GMT

A beautiful location, but I couldn’t find any public parking, or the fossils themselves- probably just google had the wrong location for the driving directions and I didn’t have enough time to explore at length.

I ended up being directed to the Livingston sculpture hilltop instead

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