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Desert Attractions In Chinle

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Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona. The name in Navajo means flowing out and is a reference to the location where the water flows out of the Canyon de Chelly. The population was 4,518 at the 2010 census.
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  • 1. Painted Desert Petrified Forest National Park
    The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed in the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors, that not only include the more common red rock, but even shades of lavender. The Painted Desert was named by an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his 1540 quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola, which he located some 40 miles east of Petrified Forest National Park. Finding the cities were not made of gold, Coronado sent an expedition to find the Colorado River to resupply him. Passing through the wonderland of colors, they named the ar...
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