Petrified Forest National Park is a national park of the United States in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 346
Jasper Forest at Petrified Forest NP
Aerial view looking south from the Navajo Reservation (foreground) across the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest National Park, and Adamana, Arizona
Painted Desert & Petrified Forest National Park, from the window of a commercial flight, 2007
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The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area, running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is
Petrified Forest National Park
…Transcon, the Puerco River, and historic U.S. Route 66, all crossing the park roughly east–west. The site, the northern part of which extends into the Painted Desert, was declared a national monument in 1906 and a national park in 1962. The park received 644,922 recreational visitors in 2018. Averaging about 5,400…
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The Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park
The gray and red colored bands across the landform are typical of most geologic features in the Painted Desert.
Painted Desert with logs of petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park