Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Petrified redwood stumps up to 14 feet wide and thousands of detailed fossils of insects and plants reveal the story of a very different, prehistoric Colorado.
What you’ll hear
19 places to explore in this park.
- Ancient Clones
- Arc of Heritage
- Big Stump
- Charlotte Hill
- Conserving Stump P-47
- Fierce Competition
- Hornbek Homestead
- Learning from Tree Rings
- Mammoth Change
- On Top of a Forest, on the Bottom of a Lake
- Remnants of Nature's Powerful Forces
- Shale Outcrop
- Stump Shelters - Petrified Tree Stump Outdoor Exhibit Area
- The Big Five
- The Big Stump
- The Land Provides
- The Valley Overlook
- Virtual Hidden Treasures
- What if?
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