Discover your inner explorer

Experience unique indoor adventures and bring those discoveries home with you!

Discovery Depot

Enjoy indoor educational fun at Discovery Depot with unique science activities. Check out one, two, or all three of our hand-on attractions: Jackpot Mine, The Bone Zone, and Thunder Creek. These adventures are available with Standard, Deluxe, and Combinations packages. In addition, Discovery Depot offers other fun activities, so be sure to check it all out!

Parking is always FREE!

Monday – Thursday

Friday – Sunday | Holidays | School Breaks

Planning A Visit?

Experience hours & pricing are seasonal.
Please select a date.

Selected Date: 04/13/2021
Discovery Depot Hours for :

Attraction Hours for :

The Trading Post: Reopening TBD

Geode Center:

Thunder Creek:

The Bone Zone: Reopening TBD

Jackpot Mine:

Learn more about each experience below!

The Trading Post

The Trading Post

Craft and create at the Trading Post craft center!

Reopening TBD

Geode Center

Geode Center

Select your “nature’s lottery ticket” today to expose the unique features of each geode.

Hours:

Thunder Creek

Thunder Creek

Learn the technique of panning and find as many “gold” nuggets as you can!

Hours:

The Bone Zone

The Bone Zone

Become a junior paleontologist and work as a team to uncover dinosaur fossils!

Reopening TBD

Jackpot Mine

Jackpot Mine

Use your hands to dig for crystals and minerals hidden in our one-of-a-kind replica silver mines!

Hours: