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Petrified Forest RoadPetrified Forest Road, the main park road, runs north-south for 28 miles from end to end.
Auto Tour, Petrified Forest National Park
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Painted Desert Visitor CenterJust off Interstate 40 is the Painted Desert Visitor Center, in the north unit of the park.
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North Entrance StationThe North Entrance Station for Petrified Forest National Park is just north of Interstate 40 near the park's main visitor center.
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Tiponi PointTiponi Point is the first or last viewpoint you'll come to, depending on the direction you are driving.
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Tawa PointThe Painted Desert Rim Trail has trailheads at Tawa Point and Kachina Point; it's about a one-mile roundtrip between the two points.
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Painted Desert InnThis inn has spend almost 100 years overlooking the Painted Desert.
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Kachina PointThe Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark at Kachina Point once served as a way station for travelers along historic Route 66.
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Chinde PointThe Navajo word "chinde" means ghost or unwelcome spirit, perhaps a reference to the dinosaur bones found in abundance here.
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Pintado PointPintado Point is the highest point that's accessible from the park road in Petrified Forest National Park.
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Nizhoni PointVisitors who enter Petrified Forest National Park at the north entrance can head north past a number of scenic overlooks, each providing a view of the Painted Desert.
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Whipple PointWhipple Point was named for U.S. Army Lt. Amiel Whipple, who passed this way in 1853 on a surveying mission.
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Lacey PointVisitors who enter Petrified Forest National Park at the north entrance can head north past a number of scenic overlooks, each providing a view of the Painted Desert.
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Historic Route 66Immortalized in the 1946 song "Get Your Kicks on Route 66," a portion of this legendary road runs through Petrified Forest National Park.
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Puerco RiverBisecting the park with an east/west flow, the 167-mile-long Puerco River is the main tributary of the Little Colorado River.
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Puerco PuebloPuerco Pueblo is a 100-plus room pueblo site located near the Puerco River.
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Newspaper RockNewspaper Rock, in the southern portion of the park near Puerco Pueblo, the Teepees and Blue Mesa, features more than 650 petroglyphs.
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The TepeesThese cone-shaped hills lie along the park's main road, in the southern unit of Petrified Forest.
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Blue Mesa Loop RoadThis 3.5-mile loop drive provides easy access to the Blue Mesa region of Petrified Forest National Park.
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Blue MesaSome of the park's most beautiful badlands, the Blue Mesa area is accessible via a 3.5-mile loop road off the main park highway.
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Agate BridgeSpanning a gully like a bridge, Agate Bridge is in fact a large petrified log.
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Jasper ForestIn the southern portion of the park, about 10 miles north of the south entrance station and along the park's main road, is Jasper Forest.
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Crystal ForestIn the southern unit of the park, about 5 miles from the south entrance, is the Crystal Forest.
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The FlattopsRunning roughly north-south in the southern portion of the park are a series of buttes called the Flattops.
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Dry WashDry Wash connects to the Puerco River west of the ghost town of Adamana and runs south towards Agate Bridge and Jasper Forest.
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Rainbow Forest MuseumRainbow Forest Museum near the south entrance of the park offers exhibits of petrified wood, fossils and dioramas of prehistoric animals that lived in the park.
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Jim Camp WashThe middle Jim Camp Wash beds are made up of of blue, gray, and purple mudstone, and numerous small gray and white sandstone beds.
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Giant Logs TrailThis .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
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No Name PointVisitors who enter Petrified Forest National Park at the north entrance can head north past a number of scenic overlooks, each providing a view of the Painted Desert.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe RailroadOriginally serving as a thoroughfare for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the train tracks running through Petrified Forest National Park now service the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
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South Entrance StationPetrified Forest National Park's South Entrance is on Highway 180; the entrance station is a few miles up the park road.
