Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park is located in central Washington only a 2-hour drive from Seattle, so it is possible to visit in a day trip. However, spending the night is more fun.

There’s treasure buried in Washington’s desert. It’s not gold doubloons or the lost stash of infamous 1970s skyjacker D.B. Cooper. It’s petrified wood, an heirloom from ginkgo and sequoia ...

Washington state abounds with rock hounding locations. Enthusiasts can find petrified wood, agates, opal, geodes, crystals and more. WA state rock hounds dig forests, beaches for ‘treasures ...

Petrified wood is common in Washington, found on both sides of the Cascade Range. Pieces from the Saddle Mountain area of Central Washington are highly regarded and come in tones of white, tan ...

In Washington, petrified wood typically formed when trees or limbs submerged in water was covered by lava flows. The water kept the wood from burning and rapidly cooled the lava, creating a basalt ...

Petrified wood has a large, ... at the Ginkgo Petrified Forest, a state park on the west shore of the Columbia River in Central Washington, ...

Natural petrified wood occurs when trees are buried without oxygen, then leach their wood components and soak up the soil's minerals. For instance, at the Ginkgo Petrified Forest, a state park on ...

Washington state abounds with rock hounding locations. Enthusiasts can find petrified wood, agates, opal, geodes, crystals and more. WA state rock hounds dig forests, beaches for ‘treasures ...