Navajo National Monument

Desert canyon park in northeastern Arizona preserving the Betatakin, Keet Seel, and Inscription House cliff dwellings.

Shonto, AZ

About Navajo National Monument

Navajo National Monument protects several cliff dwellings tucked into sandstone alcoves in the canyons of northeastern Arizona. The Hopi, San Juan Southern Paiute, Zuni, and Navajo peoples have lived in these canyons for centuries. The dwellings were last physically occupied around 1300 AD, and many visitors feel their spiritual presence today. The park has a visitor center with a small museum of cliff dwelling artifacts, self-guided trails, seasonal ranger-led hikes, and campgrounds.

#cliff dwellings
#ancestral Puebloan
#hiking
#canyon
#camping

What's around here?

The closest stops to Navajo National Monument, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sports & Outdoors
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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
Under $25
Drive a 17-mile dirt loop among sandstone buttes rising as high as 1,000 feet from the desert floor on the Arizona-Utah line.
33 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Tours
Outdoor Adventure
Waterhole Canyon Experience
$50+
Navajo-guided hiking and photography tours through a scenic slot canyon near Page, Arizona.
53 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
Tours
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Antelope Canyon Tours
$50+
Navajo-guided walking tours through the sculpted sandstone corridors of Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona.
53 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours
Sports & Outdoors
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Lake Powell
$25–$50
Boat, fish and houseboat on a red-rock reservoir that winds 186 miles up the Colorado River behind Glen Canyon Dam.
55 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
$25–$50
Boat, kayak or houseboat on Lake Powell, hike to canyon overlooks and tour Glen Canyon Dam across 1.25 million acres.
55 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Sightseeing
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Horseshoe Bend
Under $25
Walk a 1.5-mile round-trip trail to an overlook 1,000 feet above a horseshoe-shaped curve of the Colorado River.
56 mi awayMore like this