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Petrified Forest

A landscape where deep time lies fully on display, Petrified Forest National Park blends colorful badlands, vast grasslands, and one of the world’s largest and most vivid collections of petrified wood. Spanning more than 200 million years of geologic history, the park protects ancient fossils, ancestral Puebloan sites, habitat for desert animals, and a sweeping stretch of historic Route 66. Operating-hours data available from NPS. Entrance-fee data available from NPS.

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5:18 AM MST / 7:31 PM MST

853 daylight minutes

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