0.3 miles away
Tawa Point
Tawa Point, in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is a Painted Desert overlook and the starting point of the Rim Trail.
Painted Desert Inn
A historic complex in Petrified Forest National Park overlooking the Painted Desert, near the original alignment of U.S. Route 66.
- Rank in Arizona
- #126of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 49.7 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Historic Site
The Painted Desert Inn is a historic complex in Petrified Forest National Park, in Apache County, eastern Arizona. It stands off Interstate 40 and near the original alignment of historic U.S. Route 66, overlooking the Painted Desert.
Where it is
Painted Desert Inn is a historic site near Petrified Forest National Park, in Apache County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Painted Desert Inn, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
1.1 miles away
Petrified Forest National Park
A national park of petrified wood and eroded badlands in north-eastern Arizona, crossed by historic Route 66.
1.2 miles away
Painted Desert Community Complex Historic District
Petrified Forest National Park's 1961-65 administrative complex, designed by Richard Neutra and Robert Alexander, became a landmark in 2016.
7.5 miles away
Puerco Pueblo
Puerco Pueblo, in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, is an 800-year-old pueblo that once held 100 rooms and up to 1,200 people.
8.4 miles away
Newspaper Rock
A Petrified Forest National Park roadside overlook above a rock face etched with hundreds of petroglyphs.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Historic Site
- Destination
- Petrified Forest National Park
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Historic Landmark · National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 49.7 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 21.7
- Significance score
- 73.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 35.0840, -109.7881
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12