Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, Gingko Petrified Forest State Park, Wanapum, WA

Structure Type: landscapes - parks - state parks

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

Huntzinger Road
Wanapum, WA
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Construction crews building a highway unearthed a petrified grove of gingko trees in the 1930s on this site. Because petrified gingko specimens were uncommon, this site was preserved as a state park.

This 7,470-acre park featured a 1.4-mile long interpretive trail. A number of buildings in the park were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

PCAD id: 9434

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