Petrified Forest, AZ - Park Superintendent Lee Baiza announced the visitation for December was up by 16% over last year with 27,234 visits compared to last year’s 23,512. The year ended up by 3% with a total of 598,498.
The unusually dry weather has encouraged more people to visit the park this winter. No moisture has fallen as either snow or rain in December and only a trace of snow fell in November.
For more information call (928) 524-6228 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.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
