Santa Cruz: Jaramillo Petrified Forests National Park

ROCKHOUNDING PROHIBITED / VIEW ONLY DOCUMENTED

Where: Southern Cone · South America · approx. -47.68, -68.07 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Jurassic Araucaria trunks up to 3 m across lying on the Patagonian steppe, protected as a natural monument since 1954 and now a national park

What turns up: eyes-only: whole silicified Araucaria trunks, cones, wood fragments carpeting the ground

Access: Prohibited / view only.

National park: removing petrified wood is a federal crime in Argentina and bags can be checked at the ranger station, strictly eyes-only on the marked trail

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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.