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Petrified Forest National ParkOnyx Bridge within the Painted Desert, Photo by Marge Post/NPS
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Fossils and Geology:
Triassic Dinosaurs and Other Animals - Dec. 2008 (PDF 991 kb)
Trees to Stone - July 2006 (PDF 411 kb)
Geology and the Painted Desert - December 2008 (PDF 1,638 kb)

Human History:
Archeology - December 2008 (PDF 617 kb)
Messages on Stone - December 2008 (PDF 786 kb)
Painted Desert Inn - December 2008 (PDF 1,210 kb)
Painted Desert Inn, German Translation - 2007 (PDF 613 kb)
Route 66 - America's Mainstreet - January 2006 (PDF 535 kb)
History - 2007 (PDF 570 kb)

Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of Today:
Amphibians - July 2004 (PDF 178 kb)
Birds - January 2004 (PDF 192 kb)
Grassland - December 2004 (PDF 131 kb)
Mammals - July 2004 (PDF 168 kb)
Reptiles - July 2004 (PDF 218 kb)
Common Plants - 2008 (PDF 521 kb)
Common Animals - 2008 (PDF 361 kb)

For Students:
A Student's Guide - August 2003 (PDF 277 kb)
A Trip Through Time (for Kindergarten through Grade 4) - August 2003 (PDF 213 kb)

Foreign Language Translations:
La Forêt Pétrifiée - French Translation - January 2004 (PDF 313 kb)
Der Versteinerte Wald - German Translation - August 2003 (PDF 247 kb)
La Foresta Pietrificata - Italian Translation - March 2004 (PDF 255 kb)
El Parque Nacional Del Bosque Petrificado - Spanish Translation - January 2004 (PDF 241 kb)
Petrified Forest - Japanese Translation - October 2003 (PDF 341 kb)
Petrified Forest - Dutch Translation - August 2006 (PDF 226 kb)

Park Newspaper/Trip Planner - 2009

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outside view of Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert Inn
Find out more about this National Historic Landmark.
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Painted Desert Wilderness
Wilderness Virtual Tour
Explore the Wilderness Area and its many resources.
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cartoon of a park ranger
Storytime
Learn about the problems of petrified wood theft in the park in this virtual story.
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badlands landscape at Jasper Forest  

Did You Know?
On clear days in the Southwest, especially on crisp, cold winter days, you can see landscape features almost 100 miles away!

Last Updated: May 01, 2009 at 15:43 EST