Petrified Forest National Park News

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Holbrook, Arizona , the gateway city to the Petrified Forest National Park , is holding the 23rd annual Parade of Lights tomorrow night, Saturday, December 5th.

A snowy day at the Painted Desert Inn at Petrified Forest National Park. NPS photo.

Petrified Foresta 'On December 8, 2009, celebrate Petrified Forest National Parka TMs 103nd Anniversary! Activities at Petrified Forest include: Anniversary and Holiday Open House at the Painted Desert National Historic Landmark from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Dec.

A silver and turquoise cross necklace made by Otto Lucio. Photo by KSJ. Otto Lucio , the noted Zuni silversmith, will be visiting the Petrified Forest National Park on November 21st to demonstrate his traditional methods of jewelry making.

Photo by Tammy Gray-Searles Esther James, Paula Begay and young Faith Cepi help unload bread, pastry, fruit and other food donated to Catholic Charities in Holbrook.

On this Northern Arizona adventure, we saw our first sign for the Little Colorado River near Holbrook as we came out of the Petrified Forest National Park.

By Naomi Hatch The 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree will come from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, and will be cut on Saturday, Nov.

Photo by Dave Velk Winter came early to our high desert country, as evidenced by this scene at the Plaza Courtyard of the Painted Desert Visitors Center at Petrified Forest National Park.

As the story goes....during the Late Triassic period America was several thousand miles southeast of its present location and much closer to the equator than it is today.

The outside lane in each direction of Shaw Avenue between Minnewawa and Clovis avenues in Clovis will be closed for road work from today through Oct.

Snow flurries are falling again this afternoon at the Petrified Forest National Park.

Photo by Dave Velk The old pumphouse along the Rio Puerco in Petrified Forest National Park is beautifully framed by gnarly old Cottonwood trees in full fall color.

Artist Michael Kabotie always enjoyed sharing his art with visitors at the Petrified Forest.

The gift shop at the north end of the park has thousands of items for sale. Karen Sweeny-Justice Effective Sunday, October 25th, the Fred Harvey Company changes to winter operating hours at the Petrified Forest National Park .

Did you know that within the "Grand Canyon State" there are two other National Parks: Saguaro and Petrified Forest? Arizona has a number of notable National Monuments, too.

Oct. 1, 2009 Finding inspiration in nature If you've been watching Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea , airing on most PBS stations this week, you're probably considering taking a trip to at least one of the national parks as soon as you can.

In the days before interstate highways made travel faster - and usually a lot less interesting - a road trip to some popular NPS sites included a drive on at least part of Route 66.

Riley Frei, Littlefield-Beaver Dam School District superintendent, was searching for passengers who would accompany him on an eight-hour journey to watch Beaver Dam High School play an eight-man football game in Mogollon.

Registration will begin at 6 a.m. for the two-mile fun run and the 10K trail run, with both races starting at 7 a.m. at the Historic Navajo County Courthouse, located at the corner of Navajo Blvd.