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 200 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Petrified Forest National Park is one of the most surprising places in the American Southwest. It’s an otherworldly mix of colorful badlands, ancient petroglyphs, historic Route 66 nostalgia, and the ...

If you drive just a few hours northeast from Phoenix to the Petrified Forest, it almost feels like you stepped onto a different planet — albeit a colorful one full of subtle scenic and scientific ...

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 ...

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight ...

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