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 ...

Gazing across the Painted Desert of northern Arizona today, it's hard to believe that 200 million years ago the region was a primeval tropical forest watered by abundant streams and inhabited by a ...

Along Interstate 40 in Northern Arizona, Petrified Forest National Park is just a few hours east of Grand Canyon National Park. For travelers headed to Flagstaff, the canyon, or even Las Vegas, add a ...

62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park in one year. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in ...

Petrified Forest National Park may not ring a bell, even though more than half a million people visited last year, according to National Park Service data. “People come to Petrified Forest ...

This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the southwestern state of Arizona. There, we find a strange and colorful landscape. Yellow, red, and even purple rocks and sand cover the hilly ...