Operating Hours & Seasons

The park is open year round except Christmas, December 25.
Petrified Forest National Park is open at different hours during the year. Hour Changes (times are Mountain Standard year round-this area does not observe Daylight Savings):

Park Road Hours:
Apr 7-May 4 7am to 7pm
May 5-June 1 7am to 7:30pm
June 2-July 27 7am to 8pm
July 28-Aug 24 7am to 7:30pm
Aug 25-Sept 21 7am to 7pm

Facilities
Rainbow Forest Museum and the Painted Desert Visitor Center hours:
Current hours are 8 am to 5 pm daily. Starting May 5, 8 am to 6 pm daily.

Painted Desert Inn is a National Historic Landmark with stunning views of the Painted Desert. Spring hours: 10 am - 4 pm daily. The Painted Desert Rim Trail (0.5 mi/0.8 km one way) begins here.

Two gift shops, a convenience store, a gas station, and restaurant are operated in the park by valued concessionaire Xanterra. Hours vary seasonally for these locations; call [phone] for further information.

Park and Visitor Center hours are subject to change.

Note: Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time, remaining on Mountain Standard Time year-round. For example, in the summer months, during Daylight Savings Time, the time in Arizona and California is the same, with New Mexico and the Navajo Reservation one hour ahead.

 

Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark

Hallie Larsen/NPS