Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert Inn is a museum in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,776 m. Padres Mesa stands 1,957 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Kachina Point, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
lodge complex in Petrified Forest National Park, in Navajo County
Dates from 1937.
Wikidata Q2194613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1776 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
70 named places within 25 miles
- Chinde Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Pilot Rock: 6.9 mi
- Lime Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Sorrel Horse Mesa: 12.1 mi
- Hennessy Buttes: 12.8 mi
- Tawa Point: 0.4 mi
- No Name Point: 0.6 mi
- Tiponi Point: 0.9 mi
- Nizhoni Point: 1.1 mi
- Whipple Point: 1.3 mi
- Cottonwood Seep: 14.4 mi
- Ninemile Seep: 14.6 mi
- Navajo Springs: 16.6 mi
- Salt Seeps: 19.1 mi
- Salt Seeps: 20.0 mi
- Kachina Point: 0.1 mi
- Tawa Point: 0.4 mi
- Chinde Point: 0.4 mi
- Pintado Point: 0.7 mi
- Tiponi Point: 0.9 mi
- Old Us route 66: 2.4 mi
- Agate House: 19.7 mi
- Wide Ruin: 22.6 mi
- Hashknife Pony Express Rider: 24.4 mi
- Petrified Forest National Park: 1.0 mi
- Hunt Park: 24.0 mi
- Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center: 19.1 mi
- Navajo County Historical Museum: 24.3 mi
- Adamana: 7.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Painted Desert Inn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padres Mesa | NE 47° | 1,957 m | 18.5 mi |
| Five Buttes | NW 311° | 1,928 m | 21.3 mi |
| Smooth Butte | NNW 331° | 1,922 m | 22.5 mi |
| Black Butte | NW 310° | 1,920 m | 22.9 mi |
| Twin Buttes | NNW 343° | 1,914 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pilot Rock | NW 316° | 1,900 m | 6.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 321° | 1,896 m | 23.0 mi |
| Turkey Track Butte | WNW 291° | 1,836 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:31 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| September equinox | 06:08 | 17:44 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:33 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Painted Desert NP, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Petrified Forest National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jun.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/206797610
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