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 immortalised 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 21 miles away
- Page 68 miles away
- Mesa Verde National Park 105 miles away
- Grand Canyon National Park 109 miles away
- Canyonlands National Park 113 miles away
- Winslow 121 miles away
- Bryce Canyon National Park 122 miles away
- Torrey 126 miles away
- Flagstaff 132 miles away
- Moab 134 miles away
- Durango 137 miles away
- Arches National Park 142 miles away
- Sedona 155 miles away
- Zion National Park 155 miles away
- Telluride 159 miles away
- Arizona 184 miles away
- Grand Junction 187 miles away
- Utah 190 miles away
- Albuquerque 232 miles away
- Alamosa 248 miles away
- Phoenix 250 miles away
- Santa Fe 252 miles away
- Aspen 253 miles away
- Las Vegas 278 miles away
- New Mexico 290 miles away
- Vail 292 miles away
- Salt Lake City 293 miles away
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