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 ...

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 ...

ARIZONA (KGUN) — The Petrified Forest National Park was formed more than 200 million years ago from at least a dozen different species of trees, some of which approached nearly 200 feet in height.

There’s beautiful trails and a storybook lake at the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park near Escalante, along with plenty of campsites and a luxurious bathroom facility — the floor is heated and ...

When most of us go to visit a forest, we expect thousands of lush green trees, maybe some squirrels, deer and birds. However, this northern Arizona forest is quite different — instead we see petrified ...

In the hills outside the small village of Sexi, Peru, a fossil forest holds secrets about South America’s past millions of years ago. When we first visited these petrified trees more than 20 years ago ...

After 225 million years, you could say Opal was more than ready for her closeup, Mr. DeMille. Only her name probably shouldn't be Opal — Agatha might actually be closer to her correct geological ...

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