Blue Mesa Loop Road
This 3.5-mile loop drive provides easy access to the Blue Mesa region of Petrified Forest National Park.
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Blue Mesa Loop Road Details
This winding, 3.5-mile loop drive provides easy access to the Blue Mesa region of Petrified Forest National Park. Blue Mesa Loop Road intersects with Petrified Forest Road in the South Unit of the park, between The Tepees and Agate Bridge. In addition to being a lovely scenic drive through multicolored badlands full of mesas, buttes, cones, and other formations, the road provides access to the Blue Mesa Trail and the Blue Forest Trail. The road is open to bicyclists as well as automobiles.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Blue Mesa Loop Road
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1.3 mi away
Red Basin/Clam Beds Hike
This 6-mile round-trip hike is part of newly acquired land within Petrified Forest National Park.
1.5 mi away
Blue Forest Trail
The 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.
1.6 mi away
Blue Mesa
Some 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.
1.8 mi away
The Tepees
These cone-shaped hills lie along the park's main road, in the southern unit of Petrified Forest.
2.0 mi away
Blue Mesa Trail
Beginning at the Blue Mesa sun shelter, this 1-mile loop trail descends from the mesa into the badlands.
