Multi-hued badlands of the Painted Desert, 225 million-year old fossils, and one of the world’s largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood make this a fun side trip. Visitors often drive one way through the Park to connect between I-40 and Hwy 180.

Multi-hued badlands of the Painted Desert, 225 million-year old fossils, and one of the world’s largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood make this a fun side trip. Visitors often drive one way through the Park to connect between I-40 and Hwy 180.