Petrified Tree in Yellowstone National Park

 

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The Petrified Tree in Yellowstone National Park is located near the main park road from Mammoth Hot Springs to Tower-Roosevelt, near Tower-Roosevelt.

The only remaining petrified tree in the area is placed behind a fence to protect it from vandals and collectors. There used to be two other petrified trees here, but were removed a piece at a time by past park visitors who thoughtlessly took the pieces home as souvenirs.

The Petrified Tree was created during volcanic activity in Yellowstone National Park. Trees had their organic structure replaced by minerals while they were slowly buried by volcanic ash.

Yellowstone Vacation

• Mammoth Hot Springs
• Minerva Terrace
• Palette Spring
• Gibbon River and Falls
• Roosevelt Lodge

• Liberty Cap
• Mound and Jupiter Terraces
• Blacktail Plateau Drive
• Petrified Tree
• Tower Fall

• Undine Falls
• Bison in Yellowstone
• Yellowstone's Lower Loop
• Tower-Roosevelt to Canyon Village
• Wildlife in Yellowstone

• The Upper Falls
• Yellowstone's Northern Loop
• West Thumb to Old Faithful
• Yellowstone Wildfires

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