Petrified Forest National Park

3 stamp stations

Painted Desert Inn

Address: Kachina Point, 1 Park Road, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028

Petrified Forest holds one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, logs from a Triassic forest buried and fossilized about 225 million years ago, scattered across Painted Desert badlands. Historic Route 66 once crossed the park, and ancient petroglyphs mark rock faces at sites like Newspaper Rock.

Walk the Giant Logs trail, hunt for petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock, and drive the Painted Desert overlooks; young kids can earn a Junior Ranger badge. For a challenge, backpack into the Painted Desert Wilderness, where off-trail hiking among the badlands is permitted.

Coordinates: 35.08383, -109.78882

Painted Desert Visitor Center

Address: Exit 311 off I-40, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028

Petrified Forest holds one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, logs from a Triassic forest buried and fossilized about 225 million years ago, scattered across Painted Desert badlands. Historic Route 66 once crossed the park, and ancient petroglyphs mark rock faces at sites like Newspaper Rock.

Walk the Giant Logs trail, hunt for petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock, and drive the Painted Desert overlooks; young kids can earn a Junior Ranger badge. For a challenge, backpack into the Painted Desert Wilderness, where off-trail hiking among the badlands is permitted.

Coordinates: 35.06558, -109.78158

Rainbow Forest Museum

Address: 6618 Petrified Forest Road, Holbrook, AZ 86025

Petrified Forest holds one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, logs from a Triassic forest buried and fossilized about 225 million years ago, scattered across Painted Desert badlands. Historic Route 66 once crossed the park, and ancient petroglyphs mark rock faces at sites like Newspaper Rock.

Walk the Giant Logs trail, hunt for petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock, and drive the Painted Desert overlooks; young kids can earn a Junior Ranger badge. For a challenge, backpack into the Painted Desert Wilderness, where off-trail hiking among the badlands is permitted.

Coordinates: 34.81515, -109.86582

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