Rainbow Forest Museum
Rainbow Forest Museum near the south entrance of the park offers exhibits of petrified wood, fossils and dioramas of prehistoric animals that lived in the park.
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Rainbow Forest Museum Details
Rainbow Forest Museum near the south entrance of the park offers exhibits of petrified wood, fossils and dioramas of prehistoric animals that lived in the park. A 20-minute orientation film about the park is shown on a continual loop. There's also a gift shop and accessible restrooms. A new ADA-compliant ramp allows access to the museum; the film is open captioned, and there are touch exhibits in the museum. The Rainbow Forest Picnic Area is a popular spot to break for lunch, and also serves as a trailhead for one of the park's few paths open to mountain biking.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Rainbow Forest Museum
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Giant Logs Trail
This .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
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Giant Logs Trail
This .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
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Rainbow Forest
Beginning at the southern entrance station and including the Rainbow Forest Museum is the Rainbow Forest area of the park.
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Mather Memorial
At the end of a short side trail off the Giant Logs Trail is a memorial to Stephen Mather, first director of the National Park Service.
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Old Faithful
Old Faithful is possibly the most famous petrified log in the world.
