Petrified Forest National Park

Drive 28 miles past Painted Desert badlands and walk among fossil logs from the Late Triassic.

North entrance at I-40 Exit 311, Painted Desert Visitor Center · Holbrook, AZ

About Petrified Forest National Park

A 28-mile park road links the north entrance on Interstate 40 with the south entrance on Highway 180, passing Painted Desert overlooks, Blue Mesa, Agate Bridge and the Crystal Forest trail. The petrified logs date to the Late Triassic, about 225 million years ago. You can also see the petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock, the ruins of Puerco Pueblo and the historic Painted Desert Inn. Leashed pets are welcome anywhere you can go except inside the buildings.

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The closest stops to Petrified Forest National Park, ordered by straight-line distance.

Sightseeing
Painted Desert Inn
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A stone inn inside Petrified Forest National Park, built from petrified wood and later rebuilt in Pueblo Revival style.
1.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
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.
18 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
Agate House Pueblo
Under $25
A partly rebuilt eight-room Ancestral Puebloan dwelling in Petrified Forest National Park, constructed largely from petrified wood.
19 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sightseeing
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
No admission fee
A working trading post on the Navajo Nation, operating since 1878, with a historic family home, farm, and visitor center.
46 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sightseeing
Homolovi State Park
Under $25
An Arizona state park just north of Winslow that protects hundreds of ancestral Hopi and Puebloan archaeological sites.
48 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Attractions
Iconic
Meteor Crater
$25–$50
A 50,000-year-old, nearly mile-wide meteorite impact crater near Winslow with rim tours and a space museum.
51 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions