Painted Desert Community Complex

Few places in Arizona have a history as closely tied to the National Park Service’s Mission 66 program as the Painted Desert Community Complex. Set within Petrified Forest National Park, it occupies the park’s northern edge, where the Painted Desert’s layered badlands stretch across the Colorado Plateau. The complex was developed in the mid-20th century as a coordinated visitor and staff center, and its Painted Desert Visitor Center is associated with architect Richard Neutra. Beyond the buildings, the park protects fossilized Late Triassic trees, placing modern park design beside a far older geological record. Browse additional webcams from northeastern Arizona to extend your view of the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park.

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