Escalante Petrified Forest Loop Photo Gallery

Massive cross-cut of petrified wood

Petrified Forest Trail trailhead kiosk

Petrified Forest "How Did a Forest Turn to Stone?" information kiosk

Petrified Forest Trail trailhead

View of Wide Hollow Reservoir

Trail ascends the hills to reach the Petrified Forest

View of Wide Hollow Reservoir

View of Wide Hollow Reservoir

Red-flowering Prickly Pear Cactus

Multi-colored hills of the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

View of Wide Hollow Reservoir

View of Wide Hollow Reservoir

Petrified Forest Loop junction

View of Escalante, Utah

View of Escalante, Utah

View of nearby mesas of Escalante, Utah

Petrified wood

Petrified wood (ancient tree lying on its side in the dirt)

Petrified wood (ancient tree lying on its side in the dirt)

Petrified wood (ancient tree lying on its side in the dirt)

Petrified wood (ancient tree lying on its side in the dirt)

Trail of Sleeping Rainbows junction

Cross-cut section of an ancient tree (petrified wood)

Eagles View Trail junction

Cross-cut section of an ancient tree (petrified wood)

Petrified wood

Petrified wood

Petrified wood

Tree rings in the petrified wood

Petrified wood scattered

Petrified wood scattered

Petrified wood scattered

More petrified wood

More petrified wood

View of Wide Hollow Reservoir

Massive cross-cut of petrified wood

Massive cross-cut of petrified wood

Massive cross-cut of petrified wood with human for scale

Massive cross-cut of petrified wood with human for scale

Up-close look at the most impressive petrified wood along the hike

Ancient tree rings line the rock of this petrified wood

Ancient tree rings line the rock of this petrified wood

Balanced Rock