← The Desert Southwest
Stop 5 · Days 457–458
Petrified Forest & Meteor Crater
Petrified Forest & Meteor Crater, AZRoute 66 country — a desert of rainbow-hued petrified logs and painted badlands, and a mile-wide crater punched by a meteor.
Where to stay
A Holbrook or Winslow Route 66 motel
Classic Mother Road motels (sleep in a Wigwam).
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You gotta eat this
A Route 66 diner plate
Roadside Americana along the Mother Road.
The days here
Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page
What this stop is made of
- National Parks & Forests
- Landmarks & Monuments