Petrified Forest National Park

Nearby Locations

Overview - Location/Maps - Description - Things To Do - Camping Lodging

Petrified rock

Cities & Towns

Holbrook, Arizona: 27 miles west.

Winslow, Arizona: 59 miles west.

Flagstaff, Arizona: 119 miles west.

Sanders, Arizona: 28 miles east.

St. Johns, Arizona: 38 miles southeast.

Snowflake, Arizona: 46 miles south.

Gallup, New Mexico: 68 miles east.

Ganado, Arizona: 66 miles north.

Parks & Monuments

Sunset Crater National Monument: 134 miles west.

Walnut Canyon National Monument: 114 miles west.

Wupatki National Monument: 143 miles west.

Canyon de Chelly National Monument: 105 miles northeast.

Lyman Lake State Park: 46 miles southeast.

Recreation & Wilderness Areas

Fool Hollow Lake RA: 65 miles south.

Painted Desert Wilderness: Adjoins the Park.

Rainbow Forest Wilderness: Adjoins the Park.

Historic & Points of Interest

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (Ganado)

Homolvi Ruins State Park (Winslow)

Apache County Museum (St. Johns)

Kinishba Ruins (Ft. Apache)

Meteor Crater: 22 miles west of Winslow.

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