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Blue Mesa TrailBeginning at the Blue Mesa sun shelter, this 1-mile loop trail descends from the mesa into the badlands.
Hiking, Petrified Forest National Park
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Hiking Stops and Trip Ideas
Use this Hiking guide to compare the stops that belong together in Petrified Forest National Park, then decide which ones deserve map time or a saved trip stop.
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Billings Gap Overlook HikeThis off-the-beaten-path hike is slightly less than 3 miles round-trip, and takes visitors to a viewpoint of the Billings Gap area and badlands east of Blue Mesa.
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Blue Forest TrailThe Historic Blue Forest Trail is 1.5 miles one-way, including 1.2 miles off the beaten path and .3 miles on the Blue Mesa Loop Trail.
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Jasper Forest HikeThe Jasper Forest Hike offers an easy 2.5-mile round trip hike along a 1930's road into Jasper Forest, a well-preserved garden of petrified wood.
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Martha's Butte HikeThis one-mile hike takes hikers to a petroglyph site at the base of Martha's Butte.
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Onyx Bridge HikeThe 4-mile roundtrip Onyx Bridge Trail offers a dramatic example of petrified wood eroding out of the Black Forest Bed within the Chinle Formation.
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Red Basin/Clam Beds HikeThis 6-mile round-trip hike is part of newly acquired land within Petrified Forest National Park.
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First Forest Point HikeThis 2.1-mile round-trip hike takes visitors from the Jasper Forest overlook parking lot south along the bluffs.
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Puerco Pueblo TrailVisitors to the Puerco Pueblo archaeological site must visit via the 0.3-mile, wheelchair accessible Puerco Pueblo trail.
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Crystal Forest TrailThis .75-mile loop trail begins in the Crystal Forest parking area.
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Long Logs TrailThis 1.6-mile loop trail begins at the Rainbow Forest Museum parking area.
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Agate House TrailThis 2-mile roundtrip hike begins at the Rainbow Forest Museum parking area and visits the archeological Agate House structure.
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Painted Desert Rim TrailThe unpaved Painted Desert Rim Trail begins from either Tawa Point or Kachina Point, just north of the Visitor Center in the northern unit of the park.
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Giant Logs TrailThis .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
