Petrified Log Loop, Valley of First State Park, Nevada

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
11/4/2026	0.3 miles	14 minutes	24'	1.2 mph	360.5

Parking: 

• Petrified Log Loop, Valley of Fire Highway. $10 Nevada resident, $15 out of state resident.

Map:

• Gai GPS app
• Map available from the visitor center

Directions:

• Drive down a gravel road near the visitor center to the trailhead. Follow the loop which leads you past multiple fenced off petrified logs.

I'm having back pain, so I wasn't sure how much hiking I could actually do today. I decided to focus on doing any remaining very short hikes that I could find. I started off on the Petrified Logs Loop, which is just to the east of the visitor center. Interesting to see stone looking just like a log. The logs are thought to be pine trees and are 225 million years old (late Triassic period)! That is mind-blowing.

After my stop here, I went to the visitor center. It's a really good one and answered lots of questions I had about the park. What animals are in the park? Why are the rocks so colorful? What makes the holes in the rocks? Even though this is a state park, they had stamps, so I stamped my sketchbook. 

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