Just outside Escalante is the Petrified Forest State Park. We hiked a several mile route to view many specimens of petrified wood. These specimens date to the Jurassic period, so later than the petrified wood we have in NC from the Triassic period.
Some were in the form of logs like this piece. Others were just scattered about.
At the visitor center, there were displays of pieces which had been taken from the park and then returned, along with letters apologizing or explaining. We did note that m,any of the more colorful specimens in the park, had been chipped away.
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