Petrified Forest Loop

Petrified Forest Loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Petrified Forest Loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Petrified Forest Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.91624, -105.28510. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Petrified Forest Loop

• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Teller · ~1 km · Must-see
• Ute Pass · viewpoint · Teller · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cripple Creek Baptist Church · church · Teller · ~26 km · Must-see
• Crystal Falls / Kirkpatrick Trail · waterfall · Teller · ~28 km · Must-see
• Pikes Peak · viewpoint · El Paso · ~28 km · Must-see
• Badger Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~31 km · Must-see
• Thirtynine Mile Mountain · viewpoint · Park · ~31 km · Must-see
• Barr Trail · trek · El Paso · ~34 km · Must-see
• Rampart Reservoir · lake · El Paso · ~35 km · Must-see
• Ruxton Park · park · El Paso · ~35 km · Must-see
• Mount Manitou · viewpoint · El Paso · ~35 km · Must-see
• Englemann Canyon · viewpoint · El Paso · ~36 km · Must-see
• Fourmile Canyon · viewpoint · Fremont · ~39 km · Must-see
• Currant Creek Pass · viewpoint · Park · ~40 km · Must-see
• Cave of the Winds · cave · El Paso · ~40 km · Must-see
• Miramont Castle · museum · El Paso · ~40 km · Must-see
• Cheesman Dam · lake · Jefferson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Manitou Cliff Dwellings · museum · El Paso · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Petrified Forest Loop

Other treks near Petrified Forest Loop

• Barr Trail · trek · El Paso · ~34 km · Must-see
• Talon · trek · El Paso · ~55 km
• Colorado Trail · trek · Park · ~76 km
• Collegiate East · trek · Chaffee · ~106 km
• Collegiate West · trek · Chaffee · ~120 km
• CDT - Colorado Section · trek · Pitkin · ~144 km
• Hornbek Wildlife Loop · trek · Teller · ~1 km
• Platte River Trail · trek · Park · ~19 km
• The Crags Trail · trek · Teller · ~20 km
• Ring the Peak · trek · Teller · ~21 km

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