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Places
Places in Petrified Forest National Park
Viewpoints, landmarks, trailheads, and useful stops.
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Crystal Forest
Short paved loop through the park’s densest, most colorful petrified logs
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Giant Logs
Short loop with the park’s biggest, most colorful petrified logs
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Jasper Forest Overlook
Panoramic petrified‑wood views with optional off‑trail exploring
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Kachina Point
Best Painted Desert panorama beside a historic inn
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Painted Desert Inn
Historic adobe inn with murals and Painted Desert views
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Painted Desert Visitor Center
North gateway for info, permits, plus the park’s only food and fuel
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Pintado Point
The highest Painted Desert overlook with miles of pastel badlands
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Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center
South-end museum with top fossil exhibits and a trail right outside
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Long Logs
Short loop through the biggest, most colorful petrified logs
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Tiponi Point
First Painted Desert overlook with big panoramas and easy pull-off
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Newspaper Rock
Packed petroglyphs viewed from a short, easy overlook with scopes
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Puerco Pueblo
Short loop to ancient pueblo ruins and easy-to-see petroglyphs
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Tawa Point
Painted Desert panorama and trailhead named for the Hopi Sun Spirit
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The Tepees
Color-banded badlands cones from quick roadside pullouts
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Agate Bridge
A rare petrified log bridge, photogenic and a quick roadside stop
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Route 66 Alignment
Stand on preserved Route 66 beside a rusted 1932 Studebaker
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Chinde Point
Quiet Painted Desert overlook with picnic shelters and big-sky views
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Agate House
Reconstructed petrified-wood pueblo on a quiet desert walk
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Lacey Point
Quiet roadside overlook of the Painted Desert’s layered badlands
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Nizhoni Point
Quick stop for Painted Desert vistas and a rare geologic boundary
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Painted Desert Oasis
Food, fuel, and gifts at the north entrance hub
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Rainbow Forest Lodge Gift Shop
South entrance gift shop for legal petrified wood and souvenirs
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