Dinosaur Excavation

We sponsor this trip once a year and offer you the opportunity to find, excavate, plaster, remove and prepare real dinosaur bones! You will be trained by professionals and learn incredible truths about our Creator. Come experience 4 days and 5 nights of meaningful fellowship, delicious meals, and exciting hands-on education.

Guests can choose to reserve either a campsite or near-by hotel room for overnight accommodations.
The Journey of a lifetime ...

* Explore the past as it unfolds before your eyes.
* Professionally excavate fossil sites.
* Identify, collect, and interpret fossils.
* Grid, record, and document findings.
* Analyze paleontologic evidence.
* Compare evolutionary and creationist worldviews.
* Participate in evening workshops.
* Study ancient life through geology and biology.
* Observe many sedimentary layers caused by catastrophic erosion.

T-Rex, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus,
Edmontosaurus, pachycephalosaurus and Maiasaurus

We have also found fossils of plants, as well as other reptiles and aquatic animals. More than just bones, each evening, God-honoring workshops will connect the day's experiences to the life-giving word of God. The teaching, stories, and photos will be a source of vivid memories for years to come.


THE DIG FEE DOES NOT COVER transportation costs to and from Glendive, Montana and overnight accommodations

Make your reservations now!
Overnight Accommodations                                

Comfort Inn Glendive   406-365-6000
1918 N. Merrill, Glendive, MT 59330 
(Location of evening workshops) 

Glendive RV Park & Campground 406-377-6721
201 California St., Glendive, MT 59330
Web address: www.glendivervpark.com

  • Full hook-up RV site

  • Power & water hook-up RV site

  • Tent site
Getting to Glendive
Your options for FLYING into Glendive, MT…
  • Dickinson or Williston, ND, then rent a car and drive approximately 1 ½ hours

  • Billings, MT, change plane and fly into Glendive, MT

  • Billings, MT and rent a car and drive approximately 3 ½ hours 

If DRIVING to Glendive, MT…

From your home to Glendive, MT: Glendive is in the far eastern part of Montana on Interstate-94, approximately 36 miles from North Dakota. For more information call: 1.800.882.0278 
Area Attractions

Lewis and Clark Trail: Glendive is on the Yellowstone River, section of the trail

Glendive’s Frontier Gateway Museum: Free, informative, walk from Motel or RV Park

Medora, ND: (1hr) Old West town with multiple gift shops and restaurants, world famous outdoor musical and ‘pitch fork’ BBQ, Theodore Roosevelt Nat’l Park

Devils Tower, WY: (4hr)

Spearfish, SD: (4hr) Black Hills Passion Play

Rapid City, SD: (4-5hr) Mt Rushmore and other attractions in the Black Hills Nat’l Forest (Including several excellent caves, Custer State Park and steam locomotive trips)
Daily Program
 
Monday
4:30pm-5:30pm Registration and check-in
5:30pm-6:30pm Welcome dinner
6:30pm-8:30pm Orientation / Creation Workshop #1
Tuesday
8:00am-8:30am
Travel to Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum

The Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum houses several full size dinosaur and fossil exhibits plus a myriad of singular fossils, making it the largest dinosaur and fossil museum in the United States to present its fossils in the context of biblical creation.
8:30am -10:00am
Tour Glendive Dinosaur & Fossil Museum

10:00am10:15am

Makoshika State Park

 Travel to Makoshika State Park

The name Makoshika (Ma-ko'-shi-ka) is a variant of a Lakota phrase meaning land of bad spirits or "badlands".  Makoshika is the largest state park in Montana, covering over 11,400 acres. This beautiful and unique terrain provides for exploration and discovery that you won't find anywhere else!
10:15am-12:00pm Excursion to Makoshika State Park
10:00am-11:30am Travel to dig site
11:30am-12:30pm Lunch at dig site
12:00pm-3:00pm Fossil Excavation #1
3:15pm-3:45pm Travel back to Comfort Inn (Free time)
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner

6:30pm-8:30pm

 Creation Workshop #2
Wednesday
8:00am-8:30am Travel to dig site
8:30am-11:30pm Fossil Excavation #2
11:30pm-12:30pm Lunch at dig site
12:00pm-3:00pm Fossil Excavation #3
3:15pm-3:45pm Travel back to Comfort Inn (Free time )
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner
6:30pm-8:30pm
 Creation Workshop #3
Thursday
8:00am-8:30am Travel to dig site
8:30am-11:30pm Fossil Excavation #4
11:30pm-12:30pm Lunch at dig site
12:00pm-3:00pm Fossil Excavation #5
3:15pm-3:45pm Travel back to Comfort Inn (Free time)
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner
6:30pm-8:30pm Creation Workshop #4
Friday
8:00am-8:30am Travel to dig site
8:30am-11:30pm Fossil Excavation #6
11:30pm-12:30pm Lunch at dig site
12:00pm-3:00pm Fossil Excavation #7
3:15pm-3:45pm Travel back to Comfort Inn (Free time )
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner
6:30pm-8:30pm Farewell Fellowship and Bible Study
Saturday
Departure
 


 

 


The dig fee covers:

* Lunch and dinner, plus snacks and drinks on site.

* Daily transportation to and from dig site.

* Entrance fee

* Creation Studies workshop led by Tom DeRosa at the Comfort Inn meeting room.

* Necessary tools and supplies at the dig site: tables, shade, and toilet facilities.

* One dig supervisor / instructor for each 7 guest.



REGISTRATION FEES
(per person)


DINO DIG
REGISTRATION FEE IS $950 PER PERSON 

($250 deposit due upon registration)
 
RECEIVE A $100 DISCOUNT PER PERSON! 


 
MAKE CHECKS
PAYABLE TO: 

Creation Studies Institute
6250 NW 28th Way
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33309
PICTURE GALLERY
Dinosaur Excavation
Click Here
 

For details, call
(954) 771-1652
or (800) 882-0278