Newspaper Rock Viewpoint

Newspaper Rock Viewpoint is a scenic viewpoint in Apache, Arizona. Newspaper Rock Viewpoint is situated nearby to Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District, as well as near the hamlet Adamana.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Petrified Forest National Park and Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District.

Petrified Forest National Park

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Petrified Forest National Park is a national park that is in the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona, in the Southwest region. The park takes its name from the remnants of ancient trees which have been transformed into brilliantly colored minerals through a series of geological processes.

Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District

Photo: petrifiedforestranger, Public domain.

The Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District is part of the Petrified Forest National Park, and contains in excess of 650 petroglyphs, believed to have been created 1000–1500 CE.

Puerco Pueblo

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Puerco Ruin and Petroglyphs are the ruins of a large Indian pueblo, which reached its peak around 1300 CE, containing over 100 rooms. It is the largest known archeological site within the Petrified Forest National Park. Puerco Pueblo is situated 1 mile north of Newspaper Rock Viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adamana.

Adamana

Hamlet

Adamana is an unincorporated community in Apache County in the northeast section of the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1896 in what was then the Arizona Territory. Adamana is situated 1½ miles northwest of Newspaper Rock Viewpoint.

Newspaper Rock Viewpoint

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Apache, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.9619° or 34° 57′ 43″ north

Longitude

-109.79891° or 109° 47′ 56″ west

Open location code

856GX662+QC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2882821714

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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