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.

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

South Africa
West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape

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

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

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

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
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
 * Fossil and Prairie Park
 * 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
New York
 * Clayton Lake State Park
 * Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

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

Argentina
Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province

Bolivia
Cal Orcko in Sucre

Brazil
Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.