Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Giant Logs

Photographed by James Hulse, November 1, 2021

1. Giant Logs Marker

Inscription. The Rainbow Forest area was the original park head-quarters from 1906 to 1962. In the 1920s, the museum was housed in a tar paper building and instead of a walking trail, a bumpy road wove through Giant Logs. Clearly, many things have changed. But the landscape itself remains much the same, moving at its own geologic speed.

Thank you for staying on trail - watch where you step and leave things as they are.

Giant Logs Trail
Distance: 0.5 mi (0.8 km) loop
Surface: Mixed terrain
Elevation Gain: 72.2 ft (22 m)
Elevation Loss: 55.5 ft (16.9 m)

Accessibility Information:
Meets Standards for Outdoor Developed Areas
Grades up to 19.1%
Stairs present
Typical Cross Slope: 2.5%
Max Cross Slope: 13.4%
Typical Tread Width: 57 in (145.6 cm)
Min Tread Width: 48 in (121.9 cm)
206 stairs present on trail

Caption
Middle Right: Original museum building, July 1929

Erected by National Park Service - US Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Science & Medicine. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1929.

Location. 34° 48.916′ N, 109° 51.953′ W. Marker

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is in Holbrook, Arizona, in Navajo County. It can be reached from Petrified Forest Road 2.3 miles east of U.S. 180. The marker is located on the northwest corner of the Rainbow Forest Museum building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6618 Petrified Forest Road, Holbrook AZ 86025, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Hopi.

It is also in the American Southwest,

in the Mountain West,

in Colorado Plateau,

and at the Four Corners.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: An Ice Age Encampment at Rainbow Forest (a few steps from this marker); Stephen Tyng Mather (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Agate House (approx. ¾ mile away); When Crystal Forest Was a Forest (approx. 5.4 miles away); From Wood to Stone (approx. 5.4 miles away); First Impressions (approx. 6.1 miles away); Agate Bridge (approx. 6.7 miles away); Pioneers of Paleontology (approx. 10.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Holbrook.

Other markers no longer nearby. Triassic Landscape (was approx. 5.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Jasper Forest (was approx. 6.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Rainbow Forest Museum.

Rainbow Forest was the heart of the original Petrified Forest set aside by President Roosevelt as a national monument in 1906. One of the earliest facilities in the park was a wood and tar paper shack near where the current museum
Photographed by James Hulse, November 1, 2021

2. The view of the Rainbow Forest Museum from the Giant Log Trail
The marker can be seen on the left side of the museum building which is on the right side of the photo.
is located. Looking through the Superintendent's Reports (excerpts below) from 1931 we can discover the construction of the museum—which was the headquarters at the time—and some residences. Source: National Parks Service

(Submitted on December 1, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The view of a Giant Log on the trail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, November 1, 2021

3. The view of a Giant Log on the trail

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 1, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 444 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 2, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.