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15 ABSOLUTE Best Hikes in Petrified Forest National Park for 2022

Post Summary: Best Hikes in Petrified Forest National Park Petrified Forest National Park is located in Arizona and covers an area of 346 square miles (900 km2). As the name suggests the National Park is most famous for its petrified wood which can be found all throughout the park. This wood is essentially fossilized remains …

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The 12 Most Dog Friendly National Parks for 2022

Post Summary: Dog Friendly National Parks Picture this, you’re driving across the country with nothing but open road ahead of you. Your favorite tunes are on, windows down, and your canine best friend is in the passenger seat with their head out and tongue lolling to the side. You both are ecstatic to be away …

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One Day in Petrified Forest Itinerary: Make the Most of Your Day

Post Summary: One Day in Petrified Forest National Park Standing before this sprawling desert, imagine a vast forest.  Millions of years ago, this desert was inhabited by a vast Late Triassic forest.  Today, all that remains is fossilized remains of the trees.  Today these fossils are protected by Petrified Forest National Park. Petrified Forest National Park …

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A Guide to Camping in the Painted Desert of Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park is one of the more unique national parks.  The park is famed for its fossils.  The desert landscape was once a vast forest.  Over millions of years, that forest died out and the only remains of that forest are the fossilized wood left behind.  In 2012, I was on a cross-country …

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