The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
← The Desert Southwest

Stop 5 · Days 367–368

Petrified Forest & Meteor Crater

Petrified Forest & Meteor Crater, AZ

Route 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

  1. 367Day 367 — Painted Desert & a CraterFull day · 5h planned
  2. 368Day 368 — North to Navajo countryDrive day · 2h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests
  • Landmarks & Monuments