_Newspaper Rock._—Side road ¼ mile. Fine trail—12 to 15 minutes. Remarkable prehistoric Indian “writings” (petroglyphs) probably 800 to 900 years old. Made by chipping through outer dark sandstone surface with sharp tool, probably of petrified wood. The many interesting figures, symbolic designs, and characters have never been interpreted. Please do not deface them. _Lower Blue Forest Drive._—Fine side road—½ mile to parking area. Typical badlands exposures. _Blue Forest Connecting Trail._—Gravel trail—1 mile long—50 to 60 minutes. Leads to Upper Blue Forest Parking Area, where driver can meet anyone walking across trail. Logs on 3 levels. The only forest with pink logs. Remarkable “chip” piles. _Upper Blue Forest Drive._—Good graveled road—3 miles to parking area. Fine panoramic view of Blue Forest badlands and Puerco River Valley. Conglomerate capped mesa. Head of Blue Forest Connecting Trail. [Illustration: _Agate Bridge._] _Agate Bridge Trail._—5 to 10 minutes. Petrified log, 111 feet long, forms natural bridge; span about 40 feet. Erosion of sandstone by rain water produced this bridge. Pedestal Log a short distance south. _First Forest._—Fine side road—8 to 10 minutes. Highly colored, broken logs very abundant, eroding from conglomerate bed that caps mesa. _Second Forest._—Good trail—20 to 25 minutes. Peculiar white, silicified logs; logs are fire scarred; carbonized material present. Hollow logs show crystals in place. _Third Forest and Agate House._—Paved trail—25 to 40 minutes. Finest long log area—some 150 to 160 feet. Panorama Knoll gives good view. Agate House side trail to pre-historic Indian dwelling partially restored; built of petrified wood 800 to 900 years ago. _Rainbow Forest._—Start from museum on all-paved trail—15 to 20 minutes. Logs show beautiful bands of color. Old Faithful, one of the largest logs, at top of trail. Mather Memorial on side trail. _Rainbow Forest Museum._—Charts and exhibits tell the complete story of the Petrified Forest. They include beautiful polished sections of agatized wood, fossil reptiles, and amphibian skulls, bones, and teeth. _US 260 Ranger Station._—To enter monument, secure automobile permit, 50 cents. Drive carefully. To leave monument, get clearance and information on roads. _Please help to maintain and protect Petrified Forest National Monument by refraining from destroying or removing specimens of petrified wood (no matter how small the piece) or defacing or marking ruins, pictographs, petroglyphs, or other works of prehistoric man. If each of the hundreds of thousands of yearly visitors took pieces of petrified wood, there would soon be none left. Once removed, it is gone forever—it cannot be replaced._ Your cooperation in observing the above will make it unnecessary to impose penalties of fines or imprisonment, or both, as provided for under the laws of the United States Government for the protection of Petrified Forest National Monument.