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National Natural Landmark and
National Historic Landmark

Saratoga Springs, New York
Fossil Reef
A Small Section of Fossil Stromatolites
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Due to severe wind storm damage, Petrified Sea Gardens is no longer open for business


The Petrified Sea Gardens is a fossilized Stromatolite (cyanobacteria) ocean-reef 500 million-years-old, a time when the land that is now Saratoga Springs was at the shore of a warm tropical sea.
     The trail also passes a series of glacial "standing stones," gardens, rock gardens, a labyrinth and more. There is a rock, fossil, and mineral display (including dinosaur tracks from Massachusetts), and a rock-shop.     More...


Visit the area called "A Tour" for detailed photos and descriptions of the trail....

500 million years ago
The World 500-Million Years Ago
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Our National Historic Landmarks Program
Statement of Significance

  We are a Volunteer Staffed 501(c)(3), Not-For-Profit Corporation
  Last Updated January 31, 2007



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Designated a National Natural Landmark in 1967
A National Historic Landmark in 1999

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