Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona
🟢 🔴 hikes
$25
A landscape where deep time lies fully on display, Petrified Forest National Park blends colorful badlands, vast grasslands, and one of the world’s largest and most vivid collections of petrified wood. Spanning more than 200 million years of geologic history, the park protects ancient fossils, ancestral Puebloan sites, habitat for desert animals, and a sweeping stretch of historic Route 66.
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Entrance fees
$25.00 — Entrance - Private Vehicle
$15.00 — Entrance - Per Person
$20.00 — Entrance - Motorcycle
$25.00 — Commercial Entrance - Sedan
$10.00 — Commercial Entrance - Per Person
$50.00 — Commercial Entrance - Van
$60.00 — Commercial Entrance - Mini-bus
$150.00 — Commercial Entrance - Motor Coach
$15.00 — Entrance - Non-commercial Groups
Hours
Park Road hours of operation may change due to weather or safety issues. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Conditions
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 70°F
☁️ 95°/55°
🌧️ 96°/61°
🌦️ 96°/69°
Things to do
Peek into the Paleo Lab
🟢 Go Bicycling
Collect Your Cancellation Stamps
🟢 Walk Long Logs Trail
🟢 Walk the Tawa Trail
🔴 Enjoy Horseback Riding
Walk the Painted Desert Rim Trail
🟢 Walk Puerco Pueblo Trail
Visitor centers
Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert Visitor Center
Rainbow Forest Museum
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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