Route 66 Times header image
Home > AZ > Petrified Forest National Park >

Petrified Forest / Painted Desert Visitor Center

Address
Phone:
x

East < GO > West

There is a small pull out on the north side of Exit 311 that features the Petrified National Park sign. Nice place to stop for a photo op.

xJust up the road a very short distance you come to the Visitor Center. There is also a large restaurant and gift shop in the adjacent building. That restaurant became a Fred Harvey restaurant in 1963 when the Painted Desert Inn closed for several years.

The National Park Service has a cool video about the Park.

Photo(s): 2012

x
x About Us We started traveling Historic U.S. Route 66 as a destination in 2009. It's like a 2,400 mile long drive back in time from Chicago to Santa Monica! more
xDid You Know: Many parts of the old 4 lane Route 66 were reverted to a 2 lane road after 66 was realigned to the interstate. In many places the abandoned lanes are still there.