Along Interstate 40 in Northern Arizona, Petrified Forest National Park is just a few hours east of Grand Canyon Nation ...

If you thought that crocodiles were menacing enough, be glad that you didn’t live in Arizona some 225–201 million years ...

Of Arizona’s three national parks, Petrified Forest is the least visited. That’s a shame, since it is absolutely stunning. Though named after the fields of petrified wood, that’s only one reason to ...

Where some visitors see unparalleled natural beauty, others feel "underwhelmed" at an Arizona spot named among most ...

Petrified Forest National Park may not ring a bell, even though more than half a million people visited last year, according to National Park Service data. The park is right off Interstate 40 in ...

Gazing across the Painted Desert of northern Arizona today, it’s hard to believe that 200 million years ago the region was a primeval tropical forest watered by abundant streams and inhabited by a ...

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. If you’re on a mission to visit some of the most underrated national parks across the U.S., you should probably have Petrified Forest on your radar. The ...

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

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