Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
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escalante-petrified-forest-state-park-172-2291890
title:
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
text:
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is a state park in Utah, United States, located 0.8 km north of Escalante and 71 km east of Bryce Canyon National Park. The park features a high mesa that was once an ancient floodplain. Approximately 135 to 155 million years ago, large trees were buried in mud during floods. Groundwater eventually replaced the organic material with silica, preserving the wood as fossils. Erosion has exposed these petrified logs, which were prized by hobbyists before the par
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description:
State park in Utah, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalante_Petrified_Forest_State_Park
date created:
2010-10-12T23:10:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T17:07:55Z
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