Petrified Forest National Park
Visitor Center

Just over 25 miles east of Holbrook, AZ on I-40 (exit 311).

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The Petrified Forest National Park is a unique area filled with desert landscapes, archeological, paleontologial, and cultural sites, and most of all, petrified wood. Trees present in the area over 200 million years ago fell and were covered in sediments which found their way into the cellular structure of the wood. The sediments crystallized over millions of years leaving quartz in the form of petrified logs. The petrified wood and desert scenery are two of the main highlights visitors to the park can enjoy.

The Petrified Forest National Park Visitor Center is located approximately 26 miles east of Holbrook, Arizona at exit 311 of Interstate 40.

To get to the Petrified Forest National Park Visitor Center:

• Travel east from Holbrook, Arizona on Interstate 40 to exit 311.
• After exiting the interstate at exit 311, travel north into the park less than a mile to the Visitor Center.