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Bookmark or Share- Things To Do - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park Service)Stop at Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Rainbow Forest Museum to plan your visit, ask questions, get your Junior Ranger booklet, and discover exhibits.
- Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park Service)Petrified Forest is best known for its Triassic fossils. It's like having two parks in one, an ecosystem over 200 million years old with plants and animals now represented in the surreal landscape of the Painted Desert.
- Off the Beaten Path - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National ...This 4-mile (6.4 km) round trip hike will take you through the grassland, over the edge of a bluff east of the main park road, past Black Forest petrified wood, and out to an overlook with a broad view to the east and south across the Dead Wash drainage.
- Trip Itineraries - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park ...The highest concentrations of petrified wood are found in the southern end of the park, while the northern end showcases the human story and Painted Desert vistas. South End: Visit Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center to check out the paleontological exhibits and watch the park film.
- Fast Facts - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park Service)Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park site that contains a segment of the Historic Route 66 alignment. Part of the National Old Trails Highway also passed through the park. Exposed at Petrified Forest is one of the most continuous sections of Triassic-aged rocks anywhere in the world.
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