What is special about Petrified Forest National Park? Petrified Forest calls itself a Triassic park. It preserves more than 200 million years of history, including its namesake petrified wood.

Because petrified wood is so often found in the West, it's quite surprising to many people that the Eastern U.S. is home to just two petrified forests in New York and Mississippi, making the ...

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is pictured Oct. 24, 2024. Legend has it that "bad things" happen when people take petrified rocks out of the park.© Jason Hall, Utah State Parks ...

Petrified Forest National Park is 200 miles or about 3.5 hours from Phoenix. The northern entrance is at Exit 311 off I-40. The southern entrance is 19 miles east of Holbrook off U.S. 180.