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

Painted Desert Community Complex Historic District

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 20, 2010

1. Painted Desert Community Complex Historic District Marker

Inscription. This property
Has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
2005
Painted Desert
Community Complex
Historic District

Erected 2005.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features. A significant historical year for this entry is 2005.

Location. 35° 4.063′ N, 109° 46.907′ W. Marker is in Holbrook, Arizona, in Navajo County. It can be reached from Interstate 40. Marker is at the entrance to the Painted Desert National Park Vistor Center. Exit 311 from I-40. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chambers AZ 86502, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Navajo Nation

and in 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 walking distance

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of this marker: Tawa Trail (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); At the Oasis (about 700 feet away); A Painted Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome (approx. 0.4 miles away); Enduring Abode (approx. ¾ mile away); A Gap in the Geologic Record (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Tawa Trail (approx. 0.9 miles away); Path of Least Resistance (approx. 0.9 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Painted Desert / Finding Fossils (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . The Painted Desert. Arizona Leisure Guide offers information, history, photos and a video of the Painted Desert. (Submitted on September 30, 2010.)

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 20, 2010

2. Painted Desert Community Complex Historic District Marker

Marker is on wall to the right of entrance.

Painted Desert Visitor Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 20, 2010

3. Painted Desert Visitor Center

Marker is behind wall by entrance.

The Painted Desert image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 19, 2010

4. The Painted Desert

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 19, 2010

5. The Painted Desert

National Park Passport Stamp image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Kindig, May 18, 2003

6. National Park Passport Stamp

The Painted Desert
At Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Painted Desert image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, September 20, 2010

7. Painted Desert

Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,494 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on October 1, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 29, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 4, 5. submitted on September 30, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 6. submitted on December 23, 2011, by Michael Kindig of Elk Grove, California. 7. submitted on September 29, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.