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Latest Past Events
In the Land of Color: Exploring the Devil’s Playground
Painted Desert Visitor Center 1 Park Road, Petrified Forest National ParkPetrified Forest National Park is one of the most interesting landscapes in the world. Geologically, the deposits of petrified wood and the colored rocks tell an incredible story of this region more than 200 million years ago.
In the Land of Color: An Exploration of Petrified Forest’s Black Forest and Onyx Bridge
Painted Desert Visitor Center 1 Park Road, Petrified Forest National ParkPetrified Forest National Park is known as one of the best records of Late Triassic paleontology and geology in the world; important new finds are being made regularly here. But the thing that always amazes people more than any other feature at the park is the incredible petrified wood that literally lies scattered across the landscape.
Ice Cream Rocks and Lumberyard Tour
Painted Desert Visitor Center 1 Park Road, Petrified Forest National ParkWe’ll spend some time visiting the Ice Cream Rocks to inspect and ponder the remnants of these events and appreciate the artistic prose of a masterful conductor- erosion. From there we’ll journey on through some breathtaking landscapes to a hidden preserve of petrified wood in an area we call the Lumberyard, named for its presentation among petrified chips of wood.