List of fossil parks
# List of fossil parks

Following is a list of protected areas where fossils are preserved, known as fossil parks or fossil reserves, worldwide by country.

## Africa

### Egypt

Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western Desert

### South Africa

West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape

## Asia

### India

There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:

* Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
* Mandla Plant Fossils National Park

### Japan

* Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts

## Australia

### Australia

**Victoria**

* Dinosaur Dreaming
* Dinosaur Cove

**Queensland**

* Riversleigh

**South Australia**

* Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve
* Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area
* Maslin Bay - Aldinga Bay Geological Site
* Naracoorte Caves National Park
* Nilpena Ediacara National Park
* Willalinchina Sandstone Fossil Flora site, near Woomera

## North America

### Canada

* Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan
* Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
* Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia
* Yoho National Park (Burgess Shale) UNESCO site, British Columbia
* Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia
* McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site
* Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec

### United States

**Arizona**

Petrified Forest National Park

**California**

* La Brea Tar Pits
* Petrified Forest, Calistoga CA

**Colorado**

* Dinosaur National Monument, in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
* Dinosaur Ridge
* Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

**Connecticut**

Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum

**Florida**

Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park

**Idaho**

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument

**Indiana**

Falls of the Ohio State Park

**Iowa**

* Fossil and Prairie Park

Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.

* Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake

**Maryland**

Dinosaur Park

**Massachusetts**

Dinosaur Footprints

**Michigan**

Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collecting

**Mississippi**

Mississippi Petrified Forest

**Nebraska**

* Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
* Ashfall State Historical Park

**Nevada**

* Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

**New Jersey**

Poricy Park

**New Mexico**

* Clayton Lake State Park
* Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

New York

Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve

**Ohio**

* Hueston Woods State Park
* Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, Ohio

**Oregon**

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

**South Dakota**

* The Mammoth Site
* Fossil Cycad National Monument (No longer exists)

**Texas**

* Dinosaur Valley State Park
* Ladonia Fossil Park, Ladonia, Texas
* Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas

**Utah**

* Dinosaur National Monument
* Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
* Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

**Wyoming**

* Fossil Butte National Monument
* Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite
* Yellowstone National Park

## South America and Central America

### Argentina

Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province

### Bolivia

Cal Orcko in Sucre

### Brazil

Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.

