It is located adjacent to the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument near Willie McCool Regional Park.

Ice Age Fossils State Park was announced in January 2017 as part of Governor Brian Sandoval's $15 million "Explore Your Nevada" initiative.

[2] The park is located on land that was wetlands during the last Ice Age of Prehistoric Nevada between roughly 100,000 to 11,700 years ago.

It is the site of excavations of fossils from animals that called this area home, such as Columbian mammoths, American lions, dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, ancient bison, camels, ground sloths, horses, and llamas.

The park features a visitor center and network of trails leading to fossil beds and archaeological sites.