Visit Arizona’s colorful badlands in the northeast corner of the state. When Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado traveled through this area in the 1540s, he called the multi …

The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area, [2] running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest …

The Painted Desert and its overlooks are on the loop in the National Park north of I-40. It puzzles your reviewer as to what is interesting about the area. It all looks the same -- just mounds of …

Painted Desert, section of the high plateau in north-central and northeast-central Arizona, U.S. The Painted Desert extends from the Grand Canyon in a southeasterly direction along the …

Jan 12, 2025 · Petrified Forest is best known for its Triassic fossils. It's like having two parks in one, an ecosystem over 200 million years old with plants and animals now represented in the …

One must-do stop along Interstate 40 in Northern Arizona is the otherworldly Petrified Forest National Park. The park appeals to explorers interested in geology, natural history, …

May 9, 2021 · The Painted Desert is a broad region of rocky landscape that stretches across northern Arizona from Grand Canyon National Park eastward through the Navajo Nation and …

The Painted Desert derives its name for the multitude of colors ranging from lavenders to shades of gray with vibrant colors of red, orange and pink. It is a long expanse of badland hills and …

Jan 4, 2024 · The Painted Desert covers 150 miles from the Grand Canyon’s southeastern corner, slashing southeast through northern Arizona. The northern portion of Petrified Forest …

Nov 8, 2022 · Painted Desert is a desert of colorful badlands situated in the Four Corners region in the Southwestern United States. The desert spreads out from the eastern end of the Grand …