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	Petrified Forest National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petrified Forest National Park is located in northeastern Arizona, along Interstate 40 between Holbrook and Navajo.
		The Petrified Forest area was designated a National Monument on December 8, 1906.
		The petrified wood of the Petrified Forest is the 'State Fossil' of Arizona.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petrified_Forest_National_Park (734 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park in Northern Arizona lies on either side of Interstate 40 about 55 miles west of the New Mexico border and 25 miles east of Holbrook.
		Petrified forest was set aside as a national monument in 1906 to preserve and protect the petrified wood which scatters the area.
		From the interstate, one might assume that the park is a vast, flat desert- and therefore be tempted to drive on by.
	www.briski.us /Exploits/PetrifiedForest/PetrifiedForest.htm (232 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
		The most fertile soils within Petrified Forest National Park are generally found in the rolling grasslands, which are often located between mesas and badlands, as well as on a few of the mesa tops.
		The park soils are derived from the bedrock and are composed primarily of silts, clays, and sands derived from the Chinle formation.
		Park staffing levels and the size of the park are such that many areas of the park cannot be regularly patrolled to discover all the effects of erosion.
	www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/pefo/index.htm (6345 words)

	Arizona - Petrified Forest National Park - Geology
		The area of Arizona now contained within the Petrified Forest National Park was once part of a large forest that extended from Texas into Utah - the trees were similar to modern-day conifers and existed at the same time as the dinosaurs, fossils of which are often found in the park.
		The wood may be collected over a large area of east-central Arizona, but outside of the National Park, most of the best sites are privately owned.
		Petrified wood was formed 225 million years ago during the triassic period and is 4 times as hard as granite and very colourful, due to the effect of impurities such as iron, manganese, copper and lithium present in the wood during the fossilising process.
	www.americansouthwest.net /arizona/petrified_forest/geology.html (320 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park, AZ - Travelogue
		Petrified Forest National Park was one of those stops that I’m embarrassed to say we visited, because we hardly saw any of it.
		South of I40 was the major part of the park, a 25-mile drive through an area containing one of the world’s largest concentrations of petrified wood.
		National Geographic's Guide to the National Parks of the United States
	www.gaidus.com /rvtrips/trip_detail.asp?TripID=4&Stop=25 (441 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park - OutdoorPlaces.Com
		Made a National Park in 1972, the area was discovered by a United States Army survey team in the mid-1800's with amazing stories of a, "painted desert with trees turned to stone." However, the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest's history goes much further back.
		Divided into two sections, connected by a half-mile wide strip of land, the Petrified Forest features the Painted Desert to the north, and a variety of ancient ruins, petroglyphs, and incredible deposits of fossilized wood to the south.
		The Petrified Forest can be accessed through it's South Entrance off of US Highway 180, and the North Entrance directly off of Interstate 40 by taking exit 311.
	www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/AZPetFor/pfnp1.htm (653 words)

	Arizona - Petrified Forest National Park
		The park road turns due south, crosses the interstate and a branch of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, and passes through the petrified region.
		However, the petrified logs are extremely beautiful with most unexpectedly bright colours, and the Park is adjacent to the scenic Painted Desert so it is well worth a visit especially as it is quite easily reached, being close to the main east-west route interstate 40.
		It was this theft that prompted local citizens to petition for the creation of the then National Monument, which was established in 1906- National Park status was not achieved until 1962.
	www.americansouthwest.net /arizona/petrified_forest/national_park.html (734 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park (official site): Visit the official National Park Service site for information on how and when to get there, what to see and do, where to stay, and information about the fossils and geology of the park.
		Petrified Forest National Park (unofficial site): Although not the official site of the National Park Service, these pages have very detailed information on the park, including things to see (e.g., petroglyphs, fossils, animals), activites, maps, hiking and camping guides, and more.
		By 1906, at the request of local citizens, the Petrified Forest was named a National Monument and, along with the Painted Desert, it was designated a National Park in 1962.
	www.paleoportal.org /famous_finds/assemblage.php?assemblage_id=11 (458 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		The Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Park is located just 18 miles east of Holbrook.
		Park hours vary, depending on the season, but are typically dawn to dusk.
		It takes about 45 minutes to drive straight through the park without stopping, but to really see the fossils, ruins, plants and wildlife, you'll want to stop at several of the lookout points along the way.
	www.azjournal.com /pages/areaguide/PetForest.html (132 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park Overview
		Army surveyors were the first non-natives to travel through the area in the mid-19th century, and their accounts of crystal forests and the vividly hued badlands lured droves of sightseers and souvenir hunters.
		From the Rainbow Forest near the southern park boundary to the Painted Desert's vistas in the north, many points of interest are less than a mile's hike from the park road.
		In 1906 the area was designated as a national monument and upgraded to a national park in 1962.
	www.randmcnally.com /rmc/explore/exploreParkOverview.jsp?poi_id=204000001 (977 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		"The oldest excavated village in Petrified Forest National Park is a Basket Maker II site on the Flattops, twin mesas over-looking the Little Colorado River Valley and the mountains to the south.
		The Petrified Forest is located in Northeast Arizona, near the southern edge of the Colorado Plateaus, and is part of the Colorado Plateau Physiographic province.
		The petrified wood found in the forest was formed about 225 million years ago, during the Triassic period.
	students.msj.edu /GeringJacqueline/petrified_forest_national_park.htm (1513 words)

	Walking in Beauty : Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park is now one of the 30 National Parks on the Colorado Plateau.
		At the south end there are the vast fields of petrified wood, from which the park gets its name.
		Although feeding animals is strictly forbidden, -as well as removing even the smallest piece of petrified wood,which nobody in our party did, I can assure you!- the first time we stopped the van, someone gave a piece of chocolate to one of the ravens.
	ask.nessie.free.fr /az/pfnp.htm (457 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona / MOUNTAIN ZONE NATIONAL PARKS DIRECTORY
		Proclaimed as a national monument Dec. 8, 1906: established as a national park Dec. 9, 1962.
		Trees that have petrified, or changed to multicolored stone, Indian ruins and petroglyphs, and portions of the colorful Painted Desert are features of the park.
		Park elevations range from 5,100 (1,554 m) to 6,235 feet (1,900 m).
	classic.mountainzone.com /nationalparks/pefo (292 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		After 56 years as a national monument Petrified Forest was finally made a national park on December 9, 1962.
		The name of the park, and its major reason for creation, is the rich collection of petrified wood found mainly in the south portion of the park.
		Similar to the Roosevelt elk in Redwood National Park, these animals teetered on the brink of extinction early in the century.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/PetForest/PetForest.html (1436 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park (National Park Service)
		Petrified Forest National Park is a surprising land of scenic wonders and fascinating science.
		The park features one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, the multi-hued badlands of the Chinle Formation which includes portions of the Painted Desert, historic structures, archeological sites, and displays of 225 million year old fossils.
		The park is 93,533 acres, with a recently expanded boundary increasing the acreage to 218,533 acres.
	www.nps.gov /pefo/index.htm (181 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park Named to Annual List of America's Most Endangered Parks
		Petrified Forest National Park is known for its colorful badlands and its rich collection of animal and plant fossils.
		Washington, D.C. The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the nation's leading park advocacy organization, today named Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park to its annual list of America's Ten Most Endangered Parks for the second consecutive year.
		Petrified Forest National Park Named to Annual List
	www.npca.org /media_center/petrified_forest.asp (229 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The park features extensive exhibits of petrified wood in several “forest” areas, which are the remains of ancient tropical groves.
		Established as a national monument in 1906 and as a national park in 1962, it occupies an area of 146 square miles (378 square km).
		Established as a national memorial park in 1947, it underwent subsequent boundary changes and was redesignated a national park in 1978.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9059497?tocId=9059497 (913 words)

	MSN Encarta - Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park, eastern Arizona, established as a national monument in 1906 and as a national park in 1962.
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572173/Petrified_Forest_National_Park.html (82 words)

	Field Adventures: Petrified Forest
		Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS) and the Petrified Forest National Park, I had the opportunity to do some fieldwork in the park in October 1992.
		Although the park is most famous for its amazing deposits of petrified wood, especially the Arizona state fossil, Araucarioxylon arizonicum, it also contains fossils of a remarkably varied vertebrate fauna, including remains of large amphibians, many types of thecodont reptiles, a variety of fish, and some of the earliest dinosaurs.
		All of our work was to be in the lower Petrified Forest member of the Chinle, in rocks approximately 220 million years old.
	www.fieldadventures.org /az/cycadwash.html (1267 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Petrified Forest National Park
		Time and the elements have conspired to create the colorful geologic formations and petrified logs and fossils of the 93,533-acre Petrified Forest National Park.
		Several trails, less than a mile in length, pass by petrified wood concentrations, prehistoric dwellings and "blue badlands," an area of banded, cone-shaped hills.
		The park road winds through high desert, crosses the Puerco River and passes Native American cultural sites and large concentrations of petrified logs.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/5742gd.htm (241 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park : Planning a Trip Frommers.com
		Petrified Forest National Park : Planning a Trip
		Visitor Information--Contact Petrified Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, Petrified Forest National Park, AZ 86028 (tel.
		Written by retired geology professor Sidney Ash, Petrified Forest: The Story Behind the Scenery provides a good overview of the human and natural history of the park.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/petrifiedforestnationalpark/2289010002.html (202 words)

	In Depth Resources for Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park is one of several national park units celebrating their 100th anniversaries in 2006, thanks to the passing of the Antiquities Act in 1906.
		Find out how many national parks are working together to combat deterioration at fragile archeological sites.
		A new park boundary was approved in December 2004.
	www.nps.gov /pefo/InDepth.htm (271 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park, 93,533 acres (37,881 hectares), E Ariz.; est.
		The logs in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park were felled by prehistoric floods and sandstorms, then soaked in a slurry of ground water and silica-rich volcanic ash that eventually replaced the
		The Blue Mesa is part of the Chinle Formation at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0838629.html (408 words)

	City of Holbrook -- Petrified Forest National Park
		The Petrified Forest Museum Association is a non-profit organization that supports research and interpretive activities at Petrified Forest National Park through the sales of interpretive and educational material.
		We are providing this site to allow you the remote user, whether a potential visitor or simply a virtual visitor, the opportunity to peer through a small window into the Petrified Forest National Park, our association and what we have to offer.
		Cooperating associations were generally formed by concerned citizens who grouped together to assist their national parks, by generating and adding revenue and interpretive material to aid the parks and the visitors who come to experience them.
	www.ci.holbrook.az.us /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B3A418F1-BB93-4AC7-9C5F-5323D9550ABF} (489 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park - TravelRapidly.com
		Information on Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona incuding directions, petroglyphs, ruins, puerco pueblo, indians, painted desert visitor center, hours of operation, and how to report theft of petrified wood.
		Petrified Forest was designated a national monument in 1906, created to protect the stone trees, Indian petroglyphs and part of the Painted Desert.
		Established as a national monument in 1906 and as a national park in 1962, it occupies an area of 146 square miles (378 square km).
	www.travelrapidly.com /resources/petrified_forest_np_az_usa.html (3039 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		Petrified Forest National Park is located off Interstate 40, about 25 miles east of Holbrook.
		There are very strict rules about removing any petrified wood, rocks, fossils, or artifacts from the park.
		The park has one main road with two entrances - Interstate 40 at exit #311 or at the Holbrook exit for Highway 180.
	www.land-we-love.com /petrified_forest_national_park.htm (430 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		The Petrified Forest National Park is really two parks in one, the Painted Desert at the North end and the Rainbow Forest at the South end.
		Short Grass Prairie at Petrified Forest National Park
		The park covers over 93,533 acres and consists of six separate "forests" That took over 200 million years to form.
	www.wmonline.com /attract/pforest/pforest.htm (312 words)

	The Plain Facts About Petrified Forest National Park - OutdoorPlaces.Com
		Adobe Format Map of Petrified Forest National Park (66k)
		The southern part of the park provides amazing views of badland formations at Blue Mesa, and a variety of petrified wood and agates.
		No collection of petrified wood is allowed, the park enforces a strict zero tolerance policy and violators will be fined and arrested.
	www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/AZPetFor/pfnp6.htm (467 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Petrified Forest National Park was established first as a National Monument on December 8,...
		The Petrified Forest National Park is probably one of the strangest places that I have visited.
		Petrified Forest National Park is located near the Arizona- New Mexico border on Interstate 40.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/petrified-forest-national-park (288 words)

	Petrified Forest National Park
		In 1932 53,200 more acres of the Painted Desert were bought and added to the monument, and in 1962 the monument acquired national park status.
		In 1970 50,000 acres in the park became the first designated wilderness in the National Park System.
		After a period of using the wood for souvenirs and many commercial ventures territorial residents recognized that the supply of petrified wood was not endless.
	www.scienceviews.com /parks/petrifiedforest.html (442 words)

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