Banner image: Crystal Forest, courtesy of the NPS
Known for its colorful stretches of painted desert and its forests of fossilized trees, Petrified Forest National Park also features more than 600 archaeological resources speaking to 13,000 years of human history. Among the sites accessible to the public are Agate House, an eight-room pueblo built of petrified wood between 1050 and 1300, and Puerco Pueblo, a single-story, multi-room sandstone block pueblo, which may have been home to more than 200 people at its peak. At the Newspaper Rock site, visitors may see some 650 petroglyphs made by Ancestral Pueblo people over several centuries.
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Type of place:
Ancestral Pueblo sites, rock art sites
Ownership:
National Park Service
Telephone:
(928) 524-3567
Website:
Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with extended hours during the summer. Park is closed Christmas Day
Guided tours:
Summer tours and interpretive programs are offered; call to confirm.
Entrance fee:
Yes
Nearby heritage sites:
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Culture Ancestral Pueblo