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Interstate 40 (I-40)Running east-west, Interstate 40 (I-40) bisects the park into northern and southern units.
Point of Interest, Petrified Forest National Park
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Point of Interest Stops and Trip Ideas
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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 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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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.
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Ninemile WashEast of the Puerco Pueblo archaeologic site, the usually dry Ninemile Wash flows east/west.
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Agate HouseThe Native American Puebloan people who called Petrified Forest National Park home used the park's petrified wood for purposes including as building material for houses.
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Highway 180The south entrance to Petrified Forest National Park is right off Highway 180.
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The Painted DesertThe Painted Desert's remarkable geology dates to the Late Triassic Period, over 200 million years ago.
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Pilot RockTo reach Pilot Rock, the highest point in Petrified Forest National Park, visitors must hike seven miles across the Painted Desert.
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Chinde MesaIn the far north section of the park, inside the designated Wilderness Area, is Chinde Mesa, which stands at 6,004 feet.
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Lithodendron WashLithodendron Wash begins in the western part of the park and starts as an offshoot of the Puerco River.
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Wildhorse WashWildhorse Wash runs through the southwest portion of the park's northern unit.
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Dead WashDead Wash connects with the Puerco River just north of the Puerco Pueblo archaeological site.
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Twin ButtesThe Twin Buttes sit in the park's southern unit, south of the Puerco River.
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Rainbow ForestBeginning at the southern entrance station and including the Rainbow Forest Museum is the Rainbow Forest area of the park.
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Painted Desert Community ComplexThe Painted Desert Community Complex encompasses 23 buildings, sites and structures that make up a self-contained desert community.
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The Black ForestThe Black Forest is a wilderness region in the park's northern unit, and is home to badlands, eroded rock formations and a fair bit of petrified wood.
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The Devil's PlaygroundThe Devil's Playground is open, by free permit only, for exploration.
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Holbrook, Ariz.Holbrook, Ariz., is 26 miles west of Petrified Forest National Park on Interstate 40.
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Joseph City, Ariz.Joseph City, an unincorporated community in Navajo County, is on Interstate 40 about 36 miles west of Petrified Forest National Park.
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Chambers, Ariz.Chambers, Ariz., is an unincorporated community about 20 miles east of the northern entrance to Petrified Forest National Park.
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Adamana Ghost TownThe village of Adamana, about four miles south of I-40 and west of the park's southern unit, was established in 1890 by the Santa Fe Railroad Company.
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St. Johns, Ariz.St. Johns is the county seat of Apache County, where Petrified Forest National Park is located, and sits on Highway 180 about 38 miles east of the park.
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Mather MemorialAt the end of a short side trail off the Giant Logs Trail is a memorial to Stephen Mather, first director of the National Park Service.
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The San Francisco PeaksThe San Francisco Peaks, a volcano mountain range near Flagstaff, Ariz., can be seen from several west-facing Petrified Forest National Park viewpoints.
