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Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest

Family Friendly Arizona

Overview

Petrified Forest National Park is located in Arizona and welcomes millions of visitors each year.

Fossils in a room with large windows and posters.
Museum Exhibits

Peek into the Paleo Lab

Visit the Museum Demonstration Lab at the Painted Desert Visitor Center Complex where you can ask qu...

Winter, Spring
Two people on a yellow and red tandem bike ride past blue striped badlands.
Biking

Go Bicycling

Bicycle—including ebikes—use is permitted on paved park roads and parking areas open to the public a...

Winter, Spring
Woman inside stamping in booklet on counter, displays in background.
Bookstore and Park Store

Collect Your Cancellation Stamps

Collect your cancellation stamp!

2-10 MinutesWinter, Spring
Late light on gray and purple badlands behind petrified logs under a lavender sky
Front-Country Hiking

Walk Long Logs Trail

Explore this ancient log jam at the base of purple and gray badlands along a paved half-mile loop.

60-120 MinutesWinter, Spring
Man walking a trail under a sunset sky with clouds
Front-Country Hiking

Walk the Tawa Trail

Enjoy the tranquility of the grassland as the paved trail leads you to scenic Tawa Point. The 1.2-mi...

30 MinutesWinter, Spring
More than three horses and riders going down a trail into the red part of the Painted Desert, red ba
Horseback Riding

Enjoy Horseback Riding

Bring your own horse and take a ride into the backcountry.

Winter, Spring
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A large petrified log spans a pale sandstone gully with grasslands in the distance.

Agate Bridge

Scenic

A single large petrified log spans a gully in very pale sandstone at the edge of the mesa, with spectacular views.

Reconstructed Ancestral Puebloan village of petrified wood pieces.

Agate House Trail

Trail

Reconstructed Ancestral Puebloan village built of petrified wood pieces.

An orange adobe style building surrounded by grasses and shrubs.

Arizona: Painted Desert Inn

Route 66

Only one national park in the country includes and protects a section of historic Route 66: the Petrified Forest Nationa...

A pedestal log balances in front of a blue, purple, and gray banded badland at twilight.

Blue Mesa

Walking

Blue Mesa, one of the most beautiful spots in the park, consists of blue, purple, gray, and peach banded badlands with p...

Hikers walk amidst gray, blue, and purple badlands along a trail under a blue sky.

Blue Mesa Trail

Trail

Visitors walk along the spectacular Blue Mesa Trail.

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