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, Native ...

Check out our top things to do in Petrified Forest National Park! This Arizona park is well worth visiting and a great ...

I celebrated early. I couldn’t help myself. Later this year, Petrified Forest will turn 60 years old as a national park and I wanted to honor such a special occasion. But the actual anniversary falls ...

For such an arid, stark landscape, Petrified Forest National Park has a remarkably dissimilar past. The southern Arizona park sits in a desert and receives just about 10 inches of rain a year. Quite ...

The Petrified Forest National Park is Arizona's least visited national park. I stopped at the park on a recent road trip across America's Southwest. I discovered colorful fossilized logs, uncovered ...

Petrified Forest National Park is the only national park in the U.S. with a section of old Route 66. The park is also home to a "rainbow" forest, which has colorful tree fossils that are more than 200 ...

Fossilization is an invaluable process for gaining a window into the past, but it can also create a tripping hazard. The way Angela Piller, collections manager at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks ...