Petrified Forest National Park
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The Painted Desert Oasis Gift Shop, Gas Station and Restaurant are Open!
The Painted Desert Oasis gift shop, gas station and restaurant located at the north entrance of the park are open, and restrooms are available during construction. Visitor center operations are currently located at the Painted Desert Inn, two miles past the entrance station.
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Park Headquarters Phones are Down
Phones at park headquarters are currently down. Please call the visitor center at Painted Desert Inn 928-235-2467 or the Visitor Services office 928-235-2391 between 8 am and 5 pm. You can also send us an email at pefo_information@nps.gov.
Hours
Park Road Hours
| Every day | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Park Closed Thanksgiving. (closed)
Park Road hours of operation may change due to weather or safety issues. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Visitor centers
Painted Desert Visitor Center
Painted Desert Visitor Center
| Every day | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Park Closed Thanksgiving (closed)
- Nov 26: Park Closed Thanksgiving (closed)
Hours may change throughout the year, such as possibly extended hours in the summer. Closed Thanksgiving and Dec. 25.
Visitor center page on nps.gov: Painted Desert Visitor Center
Rainbow Forest Museum
Rainbow Forest Museum
| Every day | 8:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Park Closed Thanksgiving (closed)
The museum/visitor center is open the same hours as the rest of the park, 8am to 5pm daily except for Christmas Day.
Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert Inn
| Every day | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Park Closed Thanksgiving (closed)
A national historic landmark that is a visitor center, museum, and contact station. Pueblo-Revival style rebuilt in the 1930s by the CCC.
About this park
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.