Petrified Forest National Park

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national park protected area tourist attraction

Petrified Forest National Park is a U.S. national park renowned for its vast deposits of colorful fossilized wood, striking badlands landscapes, and rich paleontological and archaeological resources.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park → protected area → tourist attraction →
administeredBy	National Park Service →
area	about 346 square miles → about 900 square kilometers →
biome	high desert →
climate	semi-arid →
contains	Blue Mesa → Chinle Formation → Crystal Forest → Jasper Forest → Newspaper Rock petroglyphs → Painted Desert → Puerco Pueblo ruins → historic Route 66 segment →
country	United States →
crossedBy	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway → Interstate 40 →
establishedAsNationalMonument	1906 →
establishedAsNationalPark	1962 →
establishedBy	Theodore Roosevelt →
geologicalAge	Late Triassic →
hasArchaeologicalFeature	petroglyphs → pueblo ruins →
hasArchaeologicalPeriod	Ancestral Puebloan → Basketmaker →
hasFossilType	early dinosaurs → early mammals → fossilized wood → metoposaurs → phytosaurs →
hasRecreationalActivity	hiking → photography → scenic driving →
IUCNCategory	II →
knownFor	Route 66 historic alignment → Triassic fossils → archaeological sites → painted desert badlands → petrified wood →
locatedIn	Apache County → Arizona → Colorado Plateau → Navajo County →
nearestCity	Holbrook, Arizona →
partOf	U.S. National Park System →
region	Southwestern United States →
state	Arizona →
visitorCenter	Painted Desert Visitor Center → Rainbow Forest Museum →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arizona → Arizona → Colorado Plateau → Southwestern United States →	contains
U.S. Route 66 ("Petrified Forest National Park segment") →	hasIconicLocation
Painted Desert →	hasProtectedArea
Painted Desert →	partiallyContainedIn
Sol Polito ("The Petrified Forest") →	workedOn