# 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 Desert

### South Africa

West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Western Cape

### Tanzania
## Asia
### 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

### Thailand
## Australia
### Australia
#### 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

## North America
### 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

### United States
#### 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

* Fossil and Prairie Park
Fossilized leaves are one of many found here.
* 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

* Clayton Lake State Park
* Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
New York
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

## South America and Central America
### Argentina

Ischigualasto is located in San Juan province

### Bolivia

Cal Orcko in Sucre

### Brazil

Paleorrota Geopark is located in Rio Grande do Sul.