Planning Your Trip

Costs and Fees

Fees for Petrified Forest National Park are listed below. For $80, you can also buy an America the Beautiful Pass, which will give you entrance to all national parks and more than 2,000 federal recreation sites.

Best Time to Go

The best time to visit is from March through October. The temperatures are generally mild during the spring and fall, although they can easily top 100 degrees in the winter. The park receives very little rain throughout the year.

The summertime is the busiest time of the year in the park, though it rarely suffers from overcrowding. For smaller crowds, try the spring or fall.

Year-Round Temperatures

Average monthly high temperatures range from an average of 91.5℉ (33.1 ℃) in July to 46.5℉ (8.1 ℃) in December.

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