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Bookmark or Share- 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.
- Plan Your Visit - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park ...Petrified Forest is a surprising place, offering far more than the world renowned petrified logs. You can see so much just from your car and a few stops at overlooks. Imagine what you can see by walking one of the short maintained trails or even hiking into the backcountry along one of the Off the Beaten Path routes!
- Fees & Passes - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park Service)Come here often? Consider purchasing an annual pass. The park's annual pass costs $45 and is valid at Petrified Forest National Park. It admits the pass owner and all accompanying passengers in a single, private, non-commercial vehicle.
- 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.
- Trails - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S. National Park Service)One of the best ways to enjoy and experience Petrified Forest National Park is on foot. Stay on designated trails while in developed hiking areas. Off-trail hiking can damage the fragile grassland environment, disturb wildlife habitat, and/or create unsightly "social" trails.
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