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 ...

After driving through the park, leave via I-40 ... and consider a hike in the Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area.

When we drove through the Petrified Forest, we were stopping ... down Route 66 from Petrified Forest National Park. We visited during this same drive home to California from Ohio that we stopped ...

A 28-mile road runs through the park ... This is my Mother's park story. Here she is at age 90 having just visited Petrified Forest NP. Mother loved all the national parks and believed they were ...

Petrified Forest National Park ... day,” Barnett said. The park’s website suggests several itineraries ranging from an hour to a half day for travelers passing through, but visitors who ...

Every year, national parks receive dozens of rocks and artifacts returned by remorseful visitors. What are parks to do with the stuff? In August 1988, a woman named Tracie typed and mailed a letter to ...

If you drive ... Petrified Forest, it almost feels like you stepped onto a different planet — albeit a colorful one full of subtle scenic and scientific wonders. The Petrified Forest National ...

If you drive just a few hours northeast ... The Mother Road takes you right through Holbrook, a small town just outside the Petrified Forest National Park. You can still see the road's tourist ...