Petrified Forest National Park (USA) Reviews
Newest Review: ... from New Mexico you will most likely travel North - South, whilst visitors from within Arizona will travel South - North. A 27 mile scenic drive runs the length of the park. This forms the backbone of your visit. At either end are museum / visitor centers that allow you to get your bearing s. Most of the petrified wood is to be found at the southern end of the National Park. Because of their protected status, most of the trees (but not all) are viewed from behind fences or from overlooks. Heading to the North, the several petrified tree views and trails ... more
Customer Petrified Forest National Park (USA) Reviews (3)
by - written on 11/03/03, updated on 11/03/03
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Don't be scared to go - Advantages: Stunning scenery, Unique & memorable, Worth the drive - Disadvantages: Long drive needed, Scorching summer
by - written on 28/12/02, updated on 28/12/02 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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Petrified Forest National Park is located near the Arizona - New Mexico border on Interstate 40. The main access towns are Flagstaff, AZ and Grants, NM. The small town of Holbrook, AZ is on the park's doorstep, but is a less attractive and less interesting place to stay. Petrified Forest National Park was established first as a National Monument on December 8, 1906 and then as a National Park on December 9, 1962. On both occasions the motivation was preservation of the dwindling deposits of petrified wood lying exposed among the banded earth. What is Petrified Wood? Well, if we pop back 225 million years we can find out. At this time the area was a ... Read the complete review
by - written on 25/08/01, updated on 25/08/01 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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Well maybe not quite unless I was terrorised by lots of petrified wood. The Petrified Forest National Park is probably one of the strangest places that I have visited. For a start it's not even a forest - well not in the true sense of the word. There are no trees left, they are broken up and scattered over a wide area but even still they are a sight to behold. The trees have become petrified due to a process that takes thousands of years and I'll briefly explain how this happens. The trees here are conifers that date from the time of the dinosaurs (Triassic period for fellow history buffs out there!). They were washed by floods into the area that ... Read the complete review
