Gallatin Petrified Forest MT: Tom Miner Basin

ROCKHOUNDING LICENSED / PERMIT DOCUMENTED

Where: West · North America · approx. 45.13, -111.06 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: 50-million-year-old standing petrified forest above Paradise Valley, one of few US federal sites where wood may legally be kept

What turns up: small petrified wood fragments (permit), eyes-only standing petrified stumps on the trail

Access: Licensed / permit.

Free permit from the Yellowstone Ranger District (406-222-1892) required; limit 20 cubic inches of petrified wood per person per permit year, only within the designated zone

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.