• Jasper Forest is magical in twilight, particularly the logs on stone pedestals

    Petrified Forest

    National Park Arizona

Special Programs

Zuni artist Eileen Yatsattie working on a pot

Zuni artist Eileen Yatsattie working on a pot

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Cultural Demonstration Program
The park hosts regional cultural demonstrators throughout the summer and at various times throughout the year, including March for Arizona Archeology and Heritage Month and November for National American Indian Heritage Month.

 
Shonto Begay working on a painting at the Painted Desert Inn

Shonto Begay working on a painting at the historic inn

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Artist-In-Residence Program
This program allows artists to spend time living and working in the park, sharing their experiences with visitors.

Did You Know?

Agate House pueblo made with petrified wood chunks

Petrified wood was so abundant when the ancestral Puebloan people were living in the area that they used it not only for stone tools but also as building material, such as the "brick" used in Agate House at Petrified Forest National Park.