Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is a state park in Garfield County, Utah, 1.5 miles from Escalante on paved roads. Campsites cost Loop A $30-$40; Wide Hollow full hookup $60; group overnight $100. Day use costs $10 per vehicle; Utah resident senior 62+ $5. Hours: Park 6 a.m.-10 p.m.; visitor center/museum 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park map
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
Fire restriction orders for this unit are not tracked here yet. Restrictions change with the season, so check the current orders before any campfire, stove or target shooting.
Utah Fire Info, Utah DNR's interagency fire information hub, keeps the Utah fire restrictions map and signed orders for every fire zone, and a Utah fire map of active fires.
Common questions
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park has 2 developed campgrounds. Camping costs Loop A $30-$40; Wide Hollow full hookup $60; group overnight $100. There is 1 group site.
- Entry to Escalante Petrified Forest State Park costs $10 per vehicle; Utah resident senior 62+ $5. Hours: Park 6 a.m.-10 p.m.; visitor center/museum 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- No, day use at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park does not need a reservation; pay the entry fee on arrival.
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is 1.5 miles from Escalante on paved roads. It is 44 miles from Bryce Canyon National Park.
- RV dump station on site. Showers available.
- Visitor center and museum 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Christmas and New Year’s Day (as of September 29, 2026).
- Yes, Wide Hollow Reservoir is open to swimming at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park.
Before you go
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is 1.5 miles from Escalante on paved roads. It is 44 miles from Bryce Canyon National Park.
Day use needs no reservation; pay the entry fee on arrival.
- RV dump station on site
- Showers available
Camping at Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
Escalante Petrified Forest State Park has 2 developed campgrounds. Camping costs Loop A $30-$40; Wide Hollow full hookup $60; group overnight $100. There is 1 group site.
Trails
- Petrified Forest Trail Climbs 200 ft to mesa behind visitor center through lava flows and petrified wood
- Trail of Sleeping Rainbows Optional loop off Petrified Forest Trail; highest petrified-wood concentrations in park
What to see
- Rock formation 50-foot petrified tree Added 2014; full tree from roots to tip with accessible viewing
- Historic site Escalante Petrified Forest visitor center Built 1991; displays petrified wood, dinosaur bones, ammonite, and shell fossils
- Overlook Petrified Forest mesa Trail views of Wide Hollow Reservoir, campground, and distant Powell Point
Swimming
- Wide Hollow Reservoir
Public lands next to Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
- BLM unitGrand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - Escalante Canyons Unit is 0.3 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
- National forestDixie National Forest is 0.9 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
- Wilderness areaBox-Death Hollow Wilderness is 3 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
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