To see the colorful hills, flat-topped mesas and weathered buttes in Arizona’s arid high desert, visitors start at the Painted Desert Visitor Center located off exit 311 on I-40. This leads visitors to Main Park Road, which loops from the visitor center back out to I-40.

The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area, [2] running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed from the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park.

The Painted Desert and its overlooks are on the loop in the National Park north of I-40. It puzzles your reviewer as to what is interesting about the area. It all looks the same -- just mounds of rocky debris in a desolete desert setting.

2025年1月12日 · Petrified Forest is best known for its Triassic fossils. It's like having two parks in one, an ecosystem over 200 million years old with plants and animals now represented in the surreal landscape of the Painted Desert. There is also a living park with its own denizens adapted to a demanding environment. There are two ways to enter the park.

Painted Desert, section of the high plateau in north-central and northeast-central Arizona, U.S. The Painted Desert extends from the Grand Canyon in a southeasterly direction along the north side of the Little Colorado River to Holbrook.

2023年7月31日 · This post will take you on a virtual drive through the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest from the Painted Desert Visitor Center at the north entrance to the Rainbow Forest Museum and Visitor Center in the south.

2024年1月4日 · An approximate look at the Painted Desert in Arizona. The Painted Desert covers 150 miles from the Grand Canyon’s southeastern corner, slashing southeast through northern Arizona. The northern portion of Petrified Forest National Park includes expansive views of …

2016年5月28日 · Arizona’s Painted Desert is a breathtaking place located in the Northeast portion of the state. It is home to a lot of wildlife and offers many attractions. Most famous of these is the Petrified Forest National Park.

2022年11月8日 · Painted Desert is a desert of colorful badlands situated in the Four Corners region in the Southwestern United States. The desert spreads out from the eastern end of the Grand Canyon National Park in a southeasterly direction into the Petrified Forest National Park.

One must-do stop along Interstate 40 in Northern Arizona is the otherworldly Petrified Forest National Park. The park appeals to explorers interested in geology, natural history, paleontology, anthropology, fascinating hiking trails, beautiful vistas, and dramatic desert landscapes.