Decrease in Visitation for June 2006

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News Release Date: July 28, 2006
Contact: Janet Fernandes, [phone] x238

Petrified Forest, AZ – Park Superintendent Lee Baiza announced the visitation for June was down by 4.4%% from last year with 87,953 visits compared to last year’s 92,044. The year-to-date total is 281,042 which is down by 0.25% from last year.

August is Route 66 Month. The alignment of this historic highway can still be seen by visitors at a new pull-out at the north end of the park. In celebration of Route 66 this August the park will have special programs and displays.

For more information call [phone] weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time; or write to the Superintendent, Petrified Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028; or e-mail the park Superintendent at e-mail us.

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