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The MainTour Arizona Hotsheet lists
websites with Super Vacation Getaway Bargains for both
local residents and visitors. There are also many other
Free Product Giveaways including
free tickets and gift certificates for area attractions, theater, sports,
restaurants, and shopping - hundreds of prizes distributed weekly.
This is a curious location where once stood 200 ft tall trees with
lush vegetation and animal life is today a very arid desert. Scientists
believe that about 200 million years ago these trees would fall down
and float down a great river and get stuck in great logjams and buried
under tons of silt and sand. The silt blocked out the air required for
the normal decay of wood and instead introduced silica and other minerals
that caused the wood to crystalize. Eventually the silt was washed away
and today we have a landscape littered with rock hard timber.
In the late 1800's souvenir hunters carried off tons of the rainbow
colored logs. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt designated this
area a national monument. In 1932 the painted desert and blue mesa regions
were added. In 1962 an act of congress gave the region the coveted
national park designation.
Please note that Northern Arizona is heavily visited in the summer
(May-August) which makes getting reservations difficult. The best time
to visit is March / April / September / Octoboer when there is
beautiful weather and less competition for reservations. The nearest
lodging is in Holbrook.
Look for the following turnoffs from the main park road to see the
best and most unusual examples of petrified wood.
(See also Arizona Rockhounding.)
As you follow the main park road, look for scenic overviews of
the Painted Desert. This region provides a sharp contrast of
bright color caused by years of erosion on several different layers of
rock. Most noticeable are several different hues of red.
Over 500 documented archeological sites exist within the park. They
range in size from a broken potshards to large multi-room complexes.
Between 500 A.D. to 1300 A.D. this area was the home of the
Anasazi (Navaho word meaning Ancient Ones) a tribe that towards its
later years shows a remarkable level of civic development.
But they mysteriously disappeared shortly before the arrival of the
first spanish explorers in the 1540's.
(See also Arizona Indian Cultures.)
Points of Interest:
Located in the former Painted Desert Inn (built 1924). Houses many
exhibits of petrified wood and other unique paleantology features.
MainTour Eastern Arizona Vacation Guide:
Office Management:
Overview - Petrified Forest National Park
The Rock Hunter Tour
Arizona Life - - Enjoy colorful photos, maps, lists of
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Painted Desert
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Rainbow Forest Museum
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Ask for the Arizona Package.
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