All Petrified Forest trails
16 trails
1Blue Mesa TrailColor-banded badlands and petrified wood on a short, steep loop.
2Crystal Forest TrailA short loop among colorful logs scattered across purple badlands.
3Painted Desert Rim TrailA short rim walk to layered Painted Desert views
4Blue Forest TrailA rough old trail through blue badlands and exposed petrified wood.
5Giant Logs TrailA quick paved loop past giant logs, with several stair sets.
6Long Logs and Agate House TrailsPetrified logs and an ancient pueblo on a 2.6-mile round trip.
7Onyx Bridge HikeAn unmarked wash route to a 210-million-year-old petrified conifer.
8Long Logs TrailBright petrified logs beneath gray and purple badlands.
9Agate House TrailA short paved start leads to a pueblo built from petrified wood.
10Jasper Forest HikeA disappearing road threads a dense field of ancient petrified logs.
11Puerco Pueblo TrailA short paved loop through ancestral Puebloan ruins and petroglyph views
12Billings Gap Overlook LoopCircle Blue Mesa's rim for a close look at Billings Gap.
13Wilderness LoopFossil forests and rock art on a serious route-finding loop.
14First Forest PointWash route-finding leads to petrified wood and a mesa view.
15Tawa TrailA short prairie walk to a bright Painted Desert overlook.
16Dead Wash Overlook HikeA faint route across striped badlands to a wide wash view.
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Petrified Forest Tour Guide
Petrified Forest, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Petrified Forest National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Petrified Forest audio tourRecorded for this place
Blue Mesa's Banded Hills0:00 / 0:31
“You're coming up on Blue Mesa, where blue-gray and lavender hills fill the basin below the rim. I'd stop for the overlooks even if you don't want a hike; you can see the colored bands from above.”
Plays as you drive up to Blue Mesa Overlook in the Parkwolf Petrified Forest Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Logs’ Clean Breaks
- The Tepees Roadside Views
- Ravens at Play
- Blue Mesa’s Restless Clay
- 35 audio storiesacross Petrified Forest’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Pronghorn, Mule Deer, Coyote, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 16 trails, 33 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
