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Bookmark or Share- Operating Hours & Seasons - Petrified Forest National Park (U.S ...Petrified Forest National Park may be open at different hours during the year, extending when staffing allows. Remember that times are Mountain Standard year round. Most of Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving.
- 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)All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone (other fees, including timed entry or reservation fees, may apply). Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free dates: Monday, January 15 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Saturday, April 20 — First Day of National Park Week
- 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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