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Attractions near Wide Ruins

20 mi from Wide Ruins, Petrified Forest National Park leads the list

Yearly visitors to Petrified Forest National Park number about 316K. None of our places to visit is inside Wide Ruins; 5 are within 40 miles. The commonest are a national park, a national historic site and an attraction. Travel 42 mi and you reach Canyon de Chelly National Monument.

Attractions nearby
8
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
Petrified Forest National Park
National park units
3
parks & monuments
National Park · 20 mi southwest

Petrified Forest National Park

National park of the United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped

Furthest from the centre is Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park, 30 mi away.

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Orange: Wide Ruins. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

8 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Wide Ruins → · Wide Ruins’ history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Petrified Forest National Park: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canyon de Chelly National Monument: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Wingate: Elias Olcott Beaman / James Fennemore / John Karl Hillers, Public domain · Hawikuh Ruins: Smithsonian Institution from United States, No restrictions · Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site: Jsweida, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Painted Desert Inn: TheCatalyst31, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Navajo Nation Museum: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park: Taken by Staff of the Navajo Nation Zoo, Public domain

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