Hike Martha’s Butte Petroglyphs Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

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Dec 17, 2017 — A short loop through a lesser-visited area of Petrified Forest National Park with some easy route-finding. The route starts out by wrapping around a bit mound and continuing through a wash before I decided to just traverse through the colorful badlands. There were sporadic cairns, but a good rule of thumb is to be heading generally northwst. Martha's Butte appears in the distance and its a pretty distinctive feature. There are some very cool petroglyphs on boulders at the base.

After exploring the petroglyphs for a bit I continued generally south to make this a loop and see some more of the badlands. Like most hikes in Petrified Forest National Park, it's a choose-your-own-adventure sort of deal.

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Park next to a big mound and head north around it.

Following a wash for a bit.

A cairn marked the exit to the wash, but really it's hard to get lost. Just head northwest-ish.

Martha's Butte appears in the distance.

Martha's Butte.

Petroglyphs

Martha's Butte petroglyph.

Looking back the way I came from Martha's Butte base.

Martha's Butte, with a petroglyph.

Another petroglyph.

Continuing southeast.

Open desert for much of the way.

Almost back to my car.

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