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.
Africa
Egypt
Wadi Al-Hitan - Valley of The Whales, Fayyoum, Western DesertSouth Africa
West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western CapeAsia
India
There are two geological parks maintained by the Geological Survey of India:- Dinosaur Fossils National Park, Dhar, Madhya Pradesh
- Shivalik Fossil Park, Saketi, H.P.
- Salkhan Fossils Park, Sonbhadra, U.P.
- Mandla Plant Fossils National Park
- Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai
- National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur
- Akal Wood Fossil Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
- Amkhoi Fossil Park, West Bengal.
Japan
- Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum houses a fossilized forest and human artifacts
Australia
Australia
Victoria
Queensland
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
North America
Canada
- , Saskatchewan
- Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
- Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park, British Columbia
- Yoho National Park UNESCO site, British Columbia
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO site, Nova Scotia
- McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site
- Parc national de Miguasha UNESCO site, Quebec
United States
Arizona
Petrified Forest National ParkCalifornia
Colorado
- Dinosaur National Monument, in Northwest Colorado and North-East Utah.
- Dinosaur Ridge
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Connecticut
Dinosaur State Park and ArboretumFlorida
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State ParkIdaho
Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentIndiana
Falls of the Ohio State ParkIowa
- Fossil and Prairie Park
- Devonian Fossil Gorge at Coralville Lake
Maryland
Dinosaur ParkMassachusetts
Dinosaur FootprintsMichigan
Rockport Quarry, an abandoned limestone quarry near Alpena open to collectingMississippi
Mississippi Petrified ForestNebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
Poricy ParkNew Mexico
New YorkOhio
- Hueston Woods State Park
- Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, Ohio
Oregon
John Day Fossil Beds National MonumentSouth Dakota
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