Petrified Forest National Park is a hidden gem in the Arizona desert. It’s famous for its colorful petrified wood, stunning badlands, and rich history. Visitors can explore ancient fossils ...

Petrified Forest Was Created to Prevent Theft ... By the late 1800s interest in petrified wood had skyrocketed, prompting the Arizona Territorial legislature to petition the U.S. Congress ...

The arrival of Route 66 through Arizona helped turn the monument ... the fervent wishes to restore the stolen wood: It can't be done. The petrified forest is like a living record, one where ...

For nearly three weeks now, a photograph of a spectacular specimen of petrified wood has been going ... ranger for Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona, said the specimen in the ...

The Petrified Forest National Park is Arizona's least visited national park ... copious amounts of petrified wood. Across the 221,390-acre park is petrified wood from the Triassic period, which ...

“Yes, a geode and piece of petrified wood that we purchased ... The Petrified Forest National Park sits along what was Route 66 in northeastern Arizona . The towns leading up to the park play ...

The park is right off Interstate 40 in eastern Arizona ... petrified wood. What's good about that?' There’s so much more.” Here’s what travelers should know about Petrified Forest, the ...

In northeastern Arizona, one of the ... This great collection of petrified wood is protected within the boundaries of the Petrified Forest National Park. The story of this land that is now within ...

Petrified Forest National Park, in northeastern Arizona, is known for — and named in honor of — its extensive deposits of petrified wood. So impressive and picturesque is the forest that it ...

All around Arizona, rocks hold remains of life ... gay bar is changing hands after 10 years The trees in Petrified Forest once were wood but now are are completely crystallized and mostly ...

For visitors who are interested in seeing an ancient landscape, it’s worth the 3-hour drive from Grand Canyon National Park to visit Petrified Forest National Park. Home to fossils older than ...