We continued our brief March 2018 visit to Petrified Forest National Park by completing the scenic drive along Petrified Forest Road. Once north of Interstate 40, the vistas are of the Painted Desert. The park has been enlarged numerous times to include most of the land that is visible from the overlooks along the road. The wayside exhibit for Lacey Point includes this quote from John Fletcher Lacey, a Congressman from Iowa:
There are other petrified forests, but this is The Petrified Forest of the World
Lacey Point
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| Wayside exhibit |
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| View west toward Flat Top Butte, Rotten Bananas Butte, and Long Butte |
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| Pintado Point |
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| Pilot Rock |
Pintado Point
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| Sidewalk to the point |
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| Pilot Rock |
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| Lithodendron Wash |
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| Rain in the distance |
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| View north of Lithodendron Wash and Black Forest |
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| View northwest |
Kachina Point
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| Painted Desert Inn |
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| Painted Desert |
Between Tawa Point and Tiponi Point
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| Parallel parking at the pullout |
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| Red clay badlands |
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| More badlands in the Painted Desert |
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| Painted Desert |
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| A closer look |
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| A tributary of Lithodendron Wash |
Tiponi Point
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| Wayside exhibits and viewing platform |
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| Eroded red clay hills |
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| Painted Desert |
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| A closer view |
Entrance to Petrified Forest National Park requires an entry fee of $20 per passenger vehicle for a 7-day pass. Any of the America the Beautiful passes may be used instead.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/pefo.
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