Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

The 1,350-acre state park features petrified wood specimens and ancient logs spread across a high mesa that was once a prehistoric floodplain.

Between 135 and 155 million years ago, large trees were buried in mud during floods, where groundwater replaced organic material with silica, creating fossils.

The visitor center displays an extensive collection of petrified wood and fossilized dinosaur bones that date back more than 150 million years.

The Petrified Forest Trail extends one mile in a loop, leading visitors up the side of a mesa where numerous petrified wood specimens remain.

A 50-foot petrified log from the Morrison Formation, added in 2014, allows visitors to examine an entire tree from roots to tip.

Location: Escalante

GPS coordinates: 37.79137,-111.61673

Latest update: March 3, 2025 08:47