Jim Camp Wash
The middle Jim Camp Wash beds are made up of of blue, gray, and purple mudstone, and numerous small gray and white sandstone beds.
Plan Around Jim Camp Wash
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Jim Camp Wash Details
The geological basis for much of the Painted Desert portion of Petrified Forest National Park is called the Chinle Formation, which was deposited over 200 million years ago during the Late Triassic Period. The hills of the badlands, the mesas and the buttes are mainly composed of different colored layers of this rock, and the formation is further divided to include the Blue Mesa Member, the Sonsela Member, the Petrified Forest Member, and the Owl Rock Member. In the southern part of the park, the Sonsela Member is further divided into five parts, the second of which makes up the middle Jim Camp Wash beds of blue, gray, and purple mudstone, and numerous small gray and white sandstone beds. When flowing, the Jim Camp Wash empties into the Little Colorado River.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Jim Camp Wash
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Long Logs Trail
This 1.6-mile loop trail begins at the Rainbow Forest Museum parking area.
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Rainbow Forest Museum
Rainbow 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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Rainbow Forest
Beginning at the southern entrance station and including the Rainbow Forest Museum is the Rainbow Forest area of the park.
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Giant Logs Trail
This .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
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Giant Logs Trail
This .4-mile loop trail begins behind Rainbow Forest Museum, where there's a trail guide available.
