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Sightseeing

Agate House Pueblo

A partly rebuilt eight-room Ancestral Puebloan dwelling in Petrified Forest National Park, constructed largely from petrified wood.

Petrified Forest, AZ

About Agate House Pueblo

Agate House sits on a small hill in the Rainbow Forest area of Petrified Forest National Park. Its builders used petrified wood as the main building material rather than the sandstone common in the region. Archaeologists believe it was a year-round home for one family and possibly a gathering place for nearby communities. The structure was excavated in the 1930s and rebuilt using original materials, so visitors see a reconstruction that is not a perfect copy. A two-mile round-trip trail from the Rainbow Forest Museum parking lot leads to the site, and the dwelling is fragile, so visitors must keep off its walls.

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What's around here?

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Museums
Rainbow Forest Museum
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Historic 1931 National Park Service building at the heart of Rainbow Forest in Petrified Forest National Park.
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Sports & Outdoors
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Painted Desert Inn
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Homolovi State Park
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Meteor Crater
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Quirky Fun
Standin' on the Corner Park
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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