Petrified Forest

well below freezing;
more than 400 species of plants (bunchgrass, blue

grama, sacaton);
fauna (pronghorns, coyotes, bobcats);
fossils (from 225 million years ago).

About the Park

Forest Museum complex:
visitor information, orientation, and backcountry permits,
orientation movie, Timeless

Impressions (20-minutes long, shows continuously),
bookstore,
fossil exhibits,
Giant Logs, Long Logs, and Agate House trail access,
limited food service,
gift shop,
public restrooms.
The Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark:
visitor information and orientation,
museum exhibits (including the building itself),
public restrooms,
Wilderness and Rim trail access.