Blue Mesa

E210244

badlands landform tourist attraction

Blue Mesa is a striking badlands area in Arizona known for its colorful, banded rock formations and petrified wood within Petrified Forest National Park.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Blue Mesa canonical	1
Blue Mesa Member	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	badlands ⓘ landform ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleFrom	Blue Mesa Road ⓘ
Blue Mesa Trail_length	approximately 1 mile loop ⓘ
Blue Mesa Trail_surface	paved ⓘ
Blue Mesa Trail_type	loop trail ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Triassic-age sediments ⓘ fossilized tree trunks ⓘ petrified wood ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	approximately 5400 feet ⓘ
erosionalProcess	water erosion ⓘ wind erosion ⓘ
geologicalAge	Late Triassic ⓘ
geologicalFormation	Chinle Formation ⓘ
hasColoration	blue-gray ⓘ brown ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ
hasGeologicalCharacteristic	badlands topography ⓘ banded rock formations ⓘ blue-gray bentonite clay ⓘ colorful stratified layers ⓘ
hasTrail	Blue Mesa Trail ⓘ
knownFor	colorful banded hills ⓘ exposed petrified logs ⓘ photogenic landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn	Apache County, Arizona ⓘ Arizona ⓘ Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
managedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
nearestCity	Holbrook, Arizona ⓘ
partOf	Painted Desert ⓘ
rockType	mudstone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ volcanic ash-derived clay ⓘ
state	Arizona ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit	Chinle Formation ⓘ surface form: Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation
touristActivity	hiking ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
viewedFrom	scenic overlooks ⓘ
withinProtectedArea	Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petrified Forest National Park → contains → Blue Mesa ⓘ

Chinle Formation → hasMember → Blue Mesa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Mesa Member