The little town of Kayenta is ideally situated between magnificent Monument Valley and the Navajo National Monument. Monument Valley itself encompasses the classic Wild West scenery of sandstone buttes, forbidding pinnacles of rock and an endless expanse of drifting red sands that have been immortalized in the early Wild West films. Such scenery exists elsewhere but nowhere is it so perfectly distilled, and the sheer majesty of the place is breathtaking.
The region also remains the stronghold of the Navajo culture and is little affected by tourism, making a visit here a highlight of a trip to the southwest. The most impressive monoliths are a pair called the Mittens, the taller of which rises 1,000 feet above the valley floor. Other highlights include ancient native rock art panels and Ancestral Puebloan ruins. It is possible to drive along a bumpy unsurfaced road through the valley, but the Navajo-led jeep or horse riding trips are very much recommended.
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Places near Kayenta, Monument Valley
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park 33 kilometers away
- Page 109 kilometers away
- Mesa Verde National Park 169 kilometers away
- Grand Canyon National Park 175 kilometers away
- Canyonlands National Park 181 kilometers away
- Winslow 195 kilometers away
- Bryce Canyon National Park 196 kilometers away
- Torrey 203 kilometers away
- Flagstaff 213 kilometers away
- Moab 215 kilometers away
- Durango 220 kilometers away
- Arches National Park 229 kilometers away
- Sedona 248 kilometers away
- Zion National Park 249 kilometers away
- Telluride 255 kilometers away
- Arizona 296 kilometers away
- Grand Junction 300 kilometers away
- Utah 306 kilometers away
- Albuquerque 373 kilometers away
- Alamosa 398 kilometers away
- Phoenix 402 kilometers away
- Santa Fe 405 kilometers away
- Aspen 407 kilometers away
- Las Vegas 447 kilometers away
- New Mexico 467 kilometers away
- Vail 469 kilometers away
- Salt Lake City 471 kilometers away
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