We've created a full guide that tells you where to find petrified wood in Utah. Prepare yourselves for a fun trip to successfully find these historic specimens!

Petrified wood is a three-dimensional fossil that comes in various colors and shades. Learn more about identifying, collecting and protecting petrified wood in Utah.

Scattered on the gray- and brown-colored hills are pieces of agate, chert, jasper, and petrified wood, as well as large black boulders deposited by ancient streams. The agate and chert at this location are white, gray, green, purple, orange, and red. The jasper is typically red due to iron content. Many specimens are broken nodules or pebbles.

Kids and those with a geology interest will love spending an hour or more wandering under the sandstone cliff in Sand Creek looking at the various petrified wood. There are some fairly large and impressive specimens if you hunt around a bit.

Mar 19, 2021 · Utah contains large areas of Federal Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Petrified wood is one kind of fossil that can generally be collected on BLM land, with some exceptions. The activity of collecting petrified …

At Wolverine Petrified Forest, the highest concentration of petrified wood is contained within an approximately 10- to 30-footthick deposit. This rock layer is easily erodible and forms an easily-distinguishable slope beneath the brown-red cliffs of the Wingate Sandstone.

Unlike most of the fossil wood in the Chinle Formation elsewhere in Utah and in the more famous and much larger Petrified Forest National Park, the wood in the Wolverine Petrified Wood Natural Area is typically black on fresh surfaces.

Dec 28, 2020 · Petrified wood is a fascinating fossil, colorful evidence that what is now desert was once lush forest. We’ve set aside places like Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, and Utah’s own Escalante Petrified Forest State Park boasts something like …

Like many areas of Utah, Fry Canyon is one you would expect to see dinosaurs roaming about. No dinosaurs to stare at, but we did find petrified wood strewn all over. First off, what exactly is petrified wood?

Dec 13, 2016 · Petrified wood is abundant throughout southern Utah but you need to be aware of collecting laws. You can collect small amounts for personal use within lands managed by the BLM, but not in national parks or recreation areas.