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Blue Mesa Trail in Petrified Forest National Park is a one mile loop where visitors can hike among badland hills of bluish clay snd petrified wood. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park's headquarters is about 26 miles east of Holbrook on Interstate 40. Adobe stock

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Exploring a new Petrified Forest
Park acquires 7,000 additional acres, unearths 1,000 prehistoric habitation sites after three years of research

Park Archaeologist Bill Reitz explained new discoveries and park expansion to Winslow Homolovi Archaeology Society March 8.

March 21, 2017