Petrified Forest Loop Trail
Petrified Forest Loop Trail is a 10.4-mile loop foot trail in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. Difficulty: strenuous, estimated from distance. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 6.66 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “Hike the Petrified Forest” hike, which uses this trail.
- 10.4 miloop
- 6.66 mimapped segment only
- 2,724 fthigh point
- Strenuousdifficulty
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From the National Park Service
Hike the Petrified Forest
The entire loop is 10.4 miles.
Read the official NPS description
Plan this hike
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