The Painted Desert Vista Picnic Area is on Sunset Crater - Wupatki Loop 9.3 miles from its southern terminus on US 89 outside Flagstaff, Arizona. We stopped for a picnic on our May 2015 visit to the Southwest.
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| An unnamed 6193' cinder hill |
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| Mormon Tea |
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| Clouds cast shadows on an unnamed cinder cone |
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| The loop road descends into the desert |
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| The Painted Desert |
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| Shadows moving across the landscape |
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| Mesas on the horizon |
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| Shadows and light |
We continued on Sunset Crater - Wupatki Loop another 2.7 miles and descended 500 feet to a roadside pullout with more great views.
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| Sunset Crater - Wupatki Loop and the Painted Desert |
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| An unnamed cinder cone (6109' 2 miles) |
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| A small cinder basin |
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| Newberry Mesa (24 miles) |
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| Descending into the Painted Desert |
There is no entry fee for this portion of the Coconino National Forest.
The forest website is http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/coconino/home.
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