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| Piece of petrified wood at Crystal Forest in Petrified Forest National Park |
May 6-7, 2015
Directly after a failed summit attempt on Humphrey's Peak in Flagstaff, AZ, M and I drove to Holbrook to stay at the
Wigwam Motel. Our first stop for the evening was the south entrance of Petrified Forest National Park at Rainbow Forest Museum where we inquired about how to get a
backcountry pass. Passes were only available at the main entrance, Painted Desert Visitor Center so we then strolled around the Giant Logs and returned to the Wigwam Motel to pack our bags for a possible backcountry hike.
The next day, we drove out to the Painted Desert Visitor Center. We decided to first explore the park before picking up a permit. We drove about 20 miles one way to view the sites of the park but did not stop at Blue Mesa and Blue Forest. Each stop was breathtakingly beautiful ranging from panoramic vistas to historical buildings and even petroglyphs. The petrfied wood littered the land as far as our eyes could see and, if you weren't looking for the wood, you'd think it was just a pile of rocks.
The entire drive through the park and back to the visitor center with stops for photos took us a little over 3 hours to complete. It was amazing to see the different types of petrified wood and learn about how this was all came to be. This was only the beginning for us since we were able to obtain the backcountry permit, insuring we would get to spend an entire day and night in the wilderness and, hopefully, have the place to ourselves.
South Entrance, Rainbow Forest Museum Area
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| Petrified Forest National Park south entrance by Rainbow Forest Museum |
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| Walking around Giant Logs and Rainbow Forest Museum in the background. |
Chinde Point
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| View from Chinde Point in Petrified Forest National Park |
Nizhoni Point
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| View at Nizhoni Point in Petrified Forest National Park |
Route 66
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| At the Route 66 vista, you can view the remnants of what used to be Route 66 running through Petrified Forest National Park. Interstate 40 runs parallel to this in the background. |
Agate Bridge
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| Agate Bridge is a natural bridge made from a stone log. A concrete support beam was placed under it to conserve the bridge. |
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| Hedgehog cactus bloom near Agate Bridge |
Jasper Forest
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| View from Jasper Forest. If you look closely, you can see the petrified wood littered on the ground. This is one of the areas with the largest deposit of petrified wood in the park. |
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| Closer look at the beautifully colored badlands formations in Jasper Forest |
Crystal Forest
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| Paved paths lead you around all the logs in Crystal Forest |
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| Large log broken up in pieces laid next to the path in Crystal Forest |
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| Large logs were everywhere in the Crystal Forest section of Petrified Forest National Park |
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| Beautiful rainbow deposits in this petrified log |
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| More rainbow colored log pieces in Crystal Forest |
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