Petrified Forest NP Album |
The park is located in Arizona. It is 146,000 acres in size and is visited bt 650,000 people a year. The park has many hues of color as well as many petrified logs which gives the park its name. |
The Rainbow Forest Museum and Visitor Center located by the south entrance to the park. |
This petrified tree is one of the largest found in the park. |
The Agate Bridge is a petrified tree which creates the largest natural bridge in the park. |
The Blue Mesa area |
Joanne at the General Grant tree. |
The Rainbow Forest Visitor Center had a large number of petrified trees around the area. |
This cactus resembles a person. |
Joanne inside the tree. |
At the Big Stump Entrance |
The parks north entrance. |
The Painted Desert Visitor Center. |
Chinde Point view point of the Painted Desert. |
Ravens can be love birds to. |
The Painted Desert Inn is a trading post turned into a museum. |
The rooms in the Painted Desert Inn have been painted Southwest style. |
The cafe is 50's style in the Inn. |
The view from Pintado Point. |
The next 5 photos are from the Blue Mesa area. |
The trailhead for hiking the 1 mile trail in the Blue Mesa area. |
The Chinle Formation near the Tepees area |
Throughout the park there are many areas of petrified trees. |
Some cactus were beginning to bloom. |
A view from a higher elevation after leaving the park. |
Arizona sunset. |
The walkway near the south Visitor Center. |
The map of the Blue Mesa hiking trail. |