A moderate 1-mile loop offering sweeping vistas of the Painted Desert's colorful badlands and access to ancestral Ancestral Puebloan ruins. Perfect for photographers seeking dramatic multi-hued landscape views at sunrise or sunset.

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Stone Forests & Painted Sky: 3 Days at Petrified Forest with Teens

3 days · 8 stops

Stone Forests & Painted Light: Two Slow Days at Petrified Forest

2 days · 6 stops

Stone Forests & Painted Silence: 3 Days at Blue Mesa

3 days · 8 stops

Stone Forests & Painted Skies: 2 Days at Blue Mesa with the Kids

2 days · 6 stops

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