This SP offers 7,470-acres of SP within which is 27,000 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Wanapum Reservoir on the Columbia River. It is a registered national natural landmark and is one of the most unusual fossil forests on Earth. The park was named after a petrified wood discovery by Professor George Beck in the early 1930's. Spectacular views of the Columbia River, Sentinel Gap and Ice Age flood-carved basalt landscapes are offered at various locations in the park. There trails that lead you through impressive views of rare fossil beds with two-dozen petrified logs. There are also many remains of Ice Age floodwater damage thousands of years ago.
Located appoximately 30 miles east of Ellensburg, Wash., on the Columbia River in Kittitas County. If you come from east or west on I-90, take exit #136. Follow signs south on Huntzinger Rd. three miles to the park entrance.
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