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Petrified Forest Road, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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The Petrified Forest Road in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona is a 28-mile (45 km) park road. Off road vehicle travel is not allowed within the park, including mountain bikes. Petrified Forest National Park has a North Entrance off Interstate 40 and a South Entrance off Highway 180. Visitors may enter at one end of the park and exit at the other.
Travel time through the park is at least 45 minutes, though an average visit is 2-3 hours with stops at viewpoints or trails along the park road. Visitors can stop anywhere along the road and hike into the park, exploring washes where the fossils are embedded in the earth.
In the middle of the park is the a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) loop around Blue Mesa.
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