Operating Hours & Seasons

The park is open year round except November 25 and December 25.
Petrified Forest National Park may be open at different hours during the year. Remember that times are Mountain Standard year round-this area does not observe Daylight Saving.

 

Park Road Hours

Park hours are 8am to 6pm. You must enter the park before 5pm.

Bathrooms throughout the park remain open.

Backcountry campers still need to get their permits by 4pm.

 

Visitor Centers and Museum Hours
Painted Desert Visitor Center and Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center
8am to 5pm

Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark Hours
9am to 4pm

 

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

 

Late afternoon light on Crystal Ridge with rainbow

NPS/Hallie Larsen