On Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
Centuries of scouring floodwaters washed out the arroyo, or gully, beneath this 110-foot (34 meter) petrified log to form Agate Bridge. The stone log, harder than the sandstone around it, resisted erosion and remained suspended as the softer rock . . . — — Map (db m68872) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
This structure, called Agate House, is a partial reconstruction of an Indian pueblo built here almost ten centuries ago. Indians built dwelling walls like these of petrified wood sealed with mud mortar. Archeologists believe the original eight-room . . . — — Map (db m68689) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
The dark coating on the boulder below you is desert varnish – a concentration of mineral, clay, and organic material that accumulates over time. Prehistoric artists created rock art by exposing the lighter material underneath. But what do . . . — — Map (db m68891) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the left when traveling east.
From Pintado Point, vistas of remarkable clarity extend far beyond boundaries because the air quality in the surrounding Petrified Forest is among the purest in the continental United States. At times, the San Francisco Peaks, 120 miles (193 km) . . . — — Map (db m68903) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the left when traveling east.
U.S. Army Lt. Amiel Whipple, surveying for a railroad route along the 35th Parallel about one mile south of here, passed down the broad sandy wash below in December 1853. Impressed with the deposits of petrified wood visible along the banks, Whipple . . . — — Map (db m72924) HM
On Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
Approximately 225 million years ago, during the Triassic Period, a floodplain existed here – littered with fallen trees. Periodic flooding buried the logs beneath layers of silt. Over time, silica-laden waters filtered through these deposits . . . — — Map (db m68870) HM
On Petrified Forest Road, on the left when traveling east.
The black basalt that caps the cliffs before you stands in stark contrast to the colorful Chinle Formation visible throughout the Painted Desert.
Below this layer of basalt, a horizontal line cuts across the face of the mesa and separates rocks . . . — — Map (db m68901) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road 2.3 miles east of U.S. 180.
The Rainbow Forest area was the original park head-quarters from 1906 to 1962. In the 1920s, the museum was housed in a tar paper building and instead of a walking trail, a bumpy road wove through Giant Logs. Clearly, many things have changed. But . . . — — Map (db m187257) HM
On North 1st Avenue at West Deleware Street, on the left when traveling north on North 1st Avenue.
Chief Engineer of the Western Div. of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Town named by John W. Young contractor for the railroad.
24 September 1881 — — Map (db m36388) HM
On Joy Nevin Avenue west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
This monument marks a segment of an early road across northern Arizona following the 35th parallel-transcontinental survey. The route evolved from several pathfinding expeditions: Lt. Amiel W. Whipple's 1853-54 railroad survey; Lt. Edward F. Beale's . . . — — Map (db m236476) HM
In the valley below, a group of highly mobile Native Americans set up their base camp next to a modest playa lake some 13,000 years ago. From this temporary encampment, they refurbished their stone tool kits and restocked their food supply and . . . — — Map (db m285544) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
Did you notice where the trail passed over the faint outlines of the rooms? Over 100 rooms formed a one-story apartment complex surrounding a central plaza in the village. The building materials for the pueblo were blocks of native sandstone, shaped . . . — — Map (db m68887) HM
Six hundred feet to the west of this location stood the original Little Colorado River Bridge. This steel truss bridge designed by the Arizona Highway Department stood at that location for 1928 to 1988. This landmark structure remained intact and . . . — — Map (db m95155) HM
On Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
Puerco Pueblo means different things to different people. Visitors come here to learn about the past and make their own personal connections by walking within this ancient community. Artists have also found inspiration by spending time at this . . . — — Map (db m68894) HM
On West Arizona Street near Navajo Boulevard (Business Interstate 40), on the left when traveling east.
In 1896, the U.S. Congress passed enabling legislation
to provide a permanent courthouse at Holbrook.
Construction was delayed until Frank A. Zuck donated
land in April of 1898. Plans submitted by Phoenix
architects D.W. Millard and George . . . — — Map (db m30158) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Painted Desert stretches before you as an outdoor museum of fossilized plants and animals. Its striking colors emanate from the Chinle Formation of the Late Triassic, which has been eroded by the Little Colorado River drainage system.
An . . . — — Map (db m68896) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the left when traveling north.
Petrified Forest is a laboratory where scientists study not only the fossil record, but the records of earlier discoveries by naturalists and paleontologists.
Interest in the area’s fossils goes back to 1853, when a U.S. Army expedition . . . — — Map (db m68873) HM
On Petrified Forest Road, on the left when traveling north.
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done. — — Map (db m71151) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
A solstice is an astronomical event that happens twice annually as the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, June 20th is usually the longest day of the year and is referred to as the summer solstice. . . . — — Map (db m68888) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The dry plateau lands of this region today are far different from the tree-littered floodplains of 225 million years ago during the geologic period called the Triassic. Imagine a forested Triassic land where crocodile-like phytosaurs inhabited . . . — — Map (db m269589) HM
Near Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
The village on the Rio Puerco (Puerco Pueblo) is a prehistoric settlement built of shaped sandstone blocks by ancestral Puebloan people. It was inhabited between A.D. 1250 and 1380. At its peak the pueblo had over 100 rooms, with a possible . . . — — Map (db m68881) HM
On Petrified Forest Road, on the right when traveling north.
For thousands of years, indigenous people have used rock faces as means of communication. Petroglyphs are images, symbols, or designs scratched, pecked, carved, or incised on the surface of rock. These features are like whispers from the past and . . . — — Map (db m68893) HM
On Hopi Drive at 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Hopi Drive.
Dear Mr. Paul Lewis
It is my pleasure to inform you that the Wigwam Village #6 at 811 W. Hopi Dr. in Holbrook was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2002.
As you know, the National Register is the official listing . . . — — Map (db m119936) HM
