Interactive 50-state rockhounding map, locations, rules and field guides
REVIEWED LOCATION
Sigri Petrified Forest Park — Protected Fossil Forest Rockhounding Status & Field Guide
A world-class petrified-forest site with standing roots, trunks, branches, leaves and other plant fossils preserved in volcanic deposits. It is intentionally a red no-collecting record because removal is expressly prohibited.
Protected / viewing statusVery high evidencevisitor-centre map precisionCurrent review cycle freshnessImportant: Do not pick up, detach or remove even small fragments of petrified wood from the protected area.
What is here
Miocene petrified trees and plant fossils within volcanic ash deposits
Materials / interest: Petrified Wood, Fossils, Plant Fossils, Volcanic Rock
Collecting and access
Viewing only. Every section of petrified log in the protected Petrified Forest area is protected and detaching, removing or damaging fossils is strictly prohibited.
Navigate to the public Sigri park/museum area and remain on visitor paths.
Detailed status
prohibited
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Required
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
no
Hammering
no
Digging
no
Safety
Hot, exposed terrain in summer; stay on maintained pathways and respect closures.