Try the katsuras in the Dinosaur State Park Arboretum. That's not your average maple tree in the front yard. The arboretum is located outside the park's large geodetic building. Underneath the dome sits one of the best sites for checking out dinosaur footprints. The area was apparently a dinosaur haven, with large, deep lakes filled with fish, as evident in the fossil record.
Invertebrates also line the trackways, usually attributed to insects and crustaceans.
Even beetle, dragonfly, cockroach, and cricket fossils have been uncovered. Scientists believe the footprints of a 20-foot predator are the most abundant large fossil tracks in the Valley. The tracks in the Park, classified and named separately from the fossil animals, are named Eubrontes . No remains that made Eubrontes exist, but scientists believe the animal was similar in size and shape to the Dilophosaurus from Arizona. But perhaps the next best thing about the Dinosaur State Park is their arboretum.