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Where the pavement ends and the Best begins
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To reach Monument Valley and explore the site via a WWB guide or authorized Navajo guide requires a full day tour. Overnight stays at the park facilities are primitive camping only. Portable toilets are available, however, only the food, drink and camp equipment brought to the site will be available. Motels and restaurants are available in the nearby town of Chinle, Arizona.
Monument Valley, a red-sand desert region on the Arizona-Utah border, is known for the towering sandstone buttes of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. The park, frequently a filming location for Western movies, is accessed by the looping, 17-mile Valley Drive. The famous, steeply sloped Mittens buttes can be viewed from the road or from overlooks such as John Ford’s Point.
ADVENTURE TOURS
Monument Valley National Monument
This great valley boasts sandstone masterpieces that tower at heights of 400 to 1,000 feet. framed by scenic clouds casting shadows that graciously roam the desert floor. The angle of the sun accents these graceful formations, providing scenery that is simply spellbinding.
The landscape overwhelms, not just by its beauty but also by its size. The fragile pinnacles of rock are surrounded by miles of mesas and buttes, shrubs, trees and windblown sand, all comprising the magnificent colors of the valley. All of this harmoniously combines to make Monument Valley a truly wondrous experience. Enjoy this beautiful land.
CAMPING:
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