Where To Find Petrified Wood In Arkansas

We went camping in the arkansas river valley across from mt antero princeton and shivano.

Where to find petrified wood in arkansas.

Petrified wood silicified petrified wood is present in quaternary gravel deposits in eastern and southern arkansas. Because most specimens are cream to white in color little interest has been expressed by hobbyists in cutting and polishing the material. Most people are familiar with famous petrified wood occurrences such as the petrified forest national park in arizona. Check out the travel channel s treasure wiki arkansas page for more information.

Our secret private campsite at ruby mountain. Discovered some petrified wood while camping this last weekend. Petrified wood like other fossils forms when minerals replace the organic material that makes up an organism in this case a tree. It was a muddy camp trip because of the monsoonal moisture but that heavy rain helped cool it off in the evenings making for great camp sleeping.

Here is a description from the travel channel website. To find out more about arkansas fossils check on the following references. About 25 years ago i found a chunk of petrified wood in my backyard in north little rock but i suspect that it was from someplace else and a former owner left it or buried it there. It is quite easy to find petrified wood in arkansas but there is no actual petrified forest like what you see in arizona.

Turn at bucksnort on cr 131 east or on cr 101 east. We also have this curious fossil in arkansas.