National Parks & Monuments
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Road Trip to See Quartz Crystals: Petrified Forest National Park
Millions of years ago the Petrified Forest was a lush living forest. Then at some point the trees fell. They were carried away by water and the trees were covered in silt. Today the area doesn’t resemble the forest of two million years ago. It’s unlike any “forest” you’ve ever seen.
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Explore One of the Largest Pueblos at Tuzigoot : Arizona Native American Ruins
Tucked away in the heart of Arizona’s Verde Valley in Clarkdale, Tuzigoot National Monument quietly watches over the desert landscape. It is a national monument, one of the best preserved Native Cultural Sites and one of the largest pueblos built by the Sinagua.
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Chiricahua National Monument: Where to See Eerie Hoodoos
Who knew that hoodoos were in Arizona? You can see these fascinating rock formations in a few places throughout the world. In the U.S. they are most famously photographed in Utah. However, we don’t even have to leave the state to see these eerie formations. These fairy chimneys can be seen at Chiricahua National Monument. The hoodoos here are rhyolite and gray in color.
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Wupatki National Monument
Wupatki National are worth the drive from Flagstaff to see. The Hopi buildings and surrounding community are well preserved.
