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A View Of The Landscape From The Painted Desert Inn, Petrified Forest National Park

A view of the Painted Desert with a blue sky and white clouds seen through a window frame at the Painted Desert Inn, Petrified Forest National Park
Rebecca Latson
Thursday, July 21, 2022

"In its almost 100 years overlooking the Painted Desert, the inn has undergone many changes. The original building from the early 1920s was made of petrified wood. Today's adobe facade dates to the 1930s renovation of the Painted Desert Inn."

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