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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Petrified Forest National Park in the Painted DesertVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Jul 21

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By rss@youtube.com (9ColorZebra) Author: 9ColorZebra Keywords: Petrified Forest Painted Desert Painted Desert Inn Added: July 21, 2009

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Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Feb 27

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By rss@youtube.com (PhoenixRover) Touring the Petrified Forest National Park, and the Painted Desert, along old Route 66- Including Holbrook, and Grand Falls on the Navajo Reservation. Author: PhoenixRover Keywords: PAINTED DESERT ARIZONA HOLBROOK ARIZONA WINSLOW ARIZONA ROUTE 66 ARIZONA Added: February 27, 2009

Rate Video: Painted Desert National Park User Review 101762

Original at Yahoo! Video external link    Sun, Sep 7

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Review of the Painted Desert National Park in the Petrified Forest National Park. Beautiful. Videopinions are product reviews and demonstrations ... video.yahoo.com

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Year 2009

 

Rate Looking for Special Holiday Programs? Here's a Sampling at Parks from Coast to ... - National Parks Traveler

Original at nationalparkstraveler.com external link    Mon, Nov 30

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Looking for Special Holiday Programs? Here's a Sampling at Parks from Coast to ... National Parks Traveler (blog) A snowy day at the Painted Desert Inn at Petrified Forest National Park. NPS photo. Looking for a break from shopping, football, and end-of-year hustle and ...

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Original at karl-b.deviantart.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

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Painted Desert - Teepe. from Petrified Forest National Park, AZ karl-b.deviantart.com

Rate The Painted Desert Inn at Petrified Forest National Park, Part I

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, May 25

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Consider, for instance, the history of the Painted Desert Inn. Constructed by Holbrook business man Herbert Lore in the late nineteen-teens, it began as a store known as the Stone Tree House. Lore, using local workers, built it using petrified wood ...

Rate Katherine Heerbrandt - Frederick News Post

Original at Frederick News Post external link    Tue, May 12

subscription), MD After a day exploring the ginormous Meteor Crater (featured in the movie "Starman," don't ya know), and traversing the stark beauty of Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park, the expansiveness of this area came into unadulterated focus with ...

Rate Petrified Forest National Park

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Thu, May 7

 AZ People come to see petrified wood," said Lyn Carranza, the park's chief of interpretation, "but they see so much else when they get here." In addition to jaw-dropping vistas of the Painted Desert, the park holds an assortment of fossils, ...

Rate National Park Week events at the Petrified Forest

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Apr 17

The Petrified Forest National Park is celebrating National Park Week with lots of fun activities for all visitors to do! Among the activities are: Orienteering in the Wilderness: a three hour hike into the Painted Desert Wilderness with Ranger Foz ...

Rate Enjoy a meal with history

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, Apr 5

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That's the experience of dining on a Navajo Taco at the Painted Desert Oasis restaurant in the Petrified Forest National Park. Forget everything you know about run-of-the-mill south of the border tacos: Navajo Tacos are more than a snack; ...

Rate RVing Historic Rte 66

Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, Apr 1

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East on I-40, the road that preempted Rte 66 in many places, one may stop at the Petrified Forest Visitor Center for an introduction to the Petrified Forest National Park and views of the Painted Desert to the north. Bob Gorden is an examiner from ...

Rate Grand Falls and its Petrified Forest connection

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, Mar 29

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There are many washes (or arroyos) in the Petrified Forest National Park and for most of the year they appear as dry river beds running across the Painted Desert. As winter snow melts off distant mountains or rains come, these washes turn dark with ...

Rate Upcoming Learning Center lecture

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Mar 27    2 related articles

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His presentation will begin at 10:00 am MST in the Community Building at the Painted Desert Visitor Center complex just off of Interstate 40 at Exit 311. The talk is free. The Petrified Forest National Park Science and Education Center brings visitors ...

Rate Painted Desert painted white Thursday

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Mar 26

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A fresh dusting of snow paints the Painted Desert white on Thursday, March 26, 2009. Photo by KSJ. An unexpected snowfall this afternoon quickly left the Painted Desert in the Petrified Forest National Park covered in white. ...

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Original at espanol.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

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Review of the Painted Desert National Park in the Petrified Forest National Park. Beautiful. Videopinions are product reviews and demonstrations ... espanol.video.yahoo.com

Rate Junior Ranger activities at Petrified Forest

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Mar 14

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Dozens of young visitors to the Petrified Forest National Park enjoyed special activities on Saturday, March 14th. Junior Ranger Activity Day, held in the plaza adjacent to the Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Fred Harvey Gift Shop and Restaurant, ...

Rate Harvey Girls visit the Painted Desert Inn

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Mar 13

The Painted Desert Inn is located approximately two miles from Exit 311 of Interstate 40. Admission to the Petrified Forest National Park is $10 per vehicle, or free with a federal interagency pass.

Rate Arizona time is here

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Mar 9

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Confused? You're not alone. Fortunately for travelers, the Painted Desert Visitor Center at the Petrified Forest National Park, has a display of clocks with local times. The visitor center is located just off I-40 at Exit 311.

Rate Painted Desert National Park User Review 101762

Original at uk.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Review of the Painted Desert National Park in the Petrified Forest National Park. Beautiful. Videopinions are product reviews and demonstrations ... uk.video.yahoo.com

Rate Petrified Forest rocks, Part Two

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Feb 28

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Petrified Forest National Park’s road is a 28 mile long self-guided tour. Entering from I-40, your visit should start off at the Painted Desert complex. Here you can watch the park film at the Visitor Center, visit the Petrified Forest Museum ...

Rate There's something about Mary

Original at Arizona Daily Sun external link    Mon, Feb 16

 AZ By SETH MULLER The day broke in Petrified Forest National Park. The cool tones yielded to warm in the sky -- the same way they do in the rainbow realm of the park's Painted Desert Wilderness. A storm system had passed. Another was on the way. ... THE COLTER ROAD TRIP PLANNER Arizona Daily Sun

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Original at Gallup Independent external link    Tue, Feb 3    2 related articles

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 NM - 4, at the Painted Desert Visitor Center Community Building in Petrified Forest National Park, as part of the park’s Science and Education Center Lecture ...

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Original at RV external link    Fri, Nov 14

By rvdreams There is a museum and visitors center at the southern end, but we decided to drive all the way to the northern end to the Painted Desert Visitor Center to see the film about the park and start from there so we would end up near home in ...

Rate Vacation Chronicle – Winslow, AZ (Days 6-8)

Original at esheley (WordPress) external link    Fri, Nov 14

By esheley We also returned to the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest National Park. painted-desert-3 painted-desert-petroglyph-1 petrified-forest-1 painted-desert-ruins. I think the biggest surprise, however, was the Homolovi Ruins State Park ...

Rate Petrified Forest Turns 102 on Dec 8th

Original at DesertUSA external link    Tue, Nov 11

By NewsBlog On December 8, 2008, celebrate Petrified Forest National Park’s 102nd 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 ...

Rate Discover the Ghosts of Petrified Forest Oct 24, 25 and 30th

Original at DesertUSA external link    Thu, Oct 23

By NewsBlog Petrified Forest - The nights are getting longer and Autumn is here! Celebrate the season by taking a lantern tour of the Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark at Petrified Forest National Park. Learn what the “ghosts of the ...

Rate Painted Desert Inn - National Architectural Treasure « Seeded Earth

Original at gardengrow (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 22

By Bo Painted Desert Inn in Petrified Forest National Park. Driving through the Petrified Forest National Park, one expects to see old rocks and scrub deserts and a lot of open space. But there is another treat of a different sort, ...

Rate The Painted Desert - Not Quite What You Expected? « Seeded Earth

Original at gardengrow (WordPress) external link    Tue, Oct 21

By Bo Painted Desert in Petrified Forest National Park. No saguaro or organ pipe cacti or other familiar succulents in this desert. The Painted Desert in northeastern Arizona really isn’t a desert at all - you need to go further west and ...

Rate Scott's Big Adventure: Day Fourteen—Holbrook to Springerville

Original at TrotterNet external link    Sat, Oct 11

By Scott Trotter This particular Painted Desert is a part of The Petrified Forest National Park. Its got nothing in particular to do with the Petrified Forest, its just in the same general vicinity so they added it to the Park. ...

Rate Don't let your dog tinkle on these trees

Original at yastm (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Oct 6

By OKDad Our aim for the day was the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park at sunset, so we had to put our heads down and push New Mexico's 75 mph speed limit to the edge. The trip down the interstate was impersonal and uneventful, ...

Rate Arizona, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert

Original at Outdoor.com external link    Sun, Sep 14

By Lady Macbeth Petrified Forest National Park is a surprising land of scenic wonders and fascinating science. The park is located in northeast Arizona and features one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood. ...

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Rate Painted Desert National Park

Original at expotv.com external link    Fri, Jun 29

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