0.1 miles away
Thumb Spire
Thumb Spire, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, stands next to Camel Butte with several large rocks beside it.
Camel Butte
A 5,847-foot Monument Valley summit near John Ford's Point, with dirt roads passing it on three sides.
- Rank in Arizona
- #479of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 31.6 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Camel Butte is a summit in Navajo County, Arizona, at an elevation of 5,847 feet, in Monument Valley near John Ford's Point. Dirt roads pass on three sides: one to the west, between the butte and John Ford's Point; one to the south, between Camel Butte and a neighbouring butte; and one to the east, running past Thumb Spire towards the North Window Overlook.
Where it is
Camel Butte is a natural landmark near Monument Valley, in Navajo County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Camel Butte, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
More photographs
PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab) 
G. Lamar, CC BY 2.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab)
Nearby attractions
0.4 miles away
North Window Overlook
North Window Overlook, in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, looks onto the North Window rock formation and the desert beyond it.
0.4 miles away
Cly Butte
Cly Butte is a summit in Navajo County, Arizona, within Monument Valley, at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
0.5 miles away
Elephant Butte
A 5,981-foot Monument Valley butte, appearing as the largest formation visible north-east of John Ford's Point.
0.6 miles away
John Ford Point
A Monument Valley overlook featured in several Western films, more developed than most of the park despite its rough dirt-road access.
1.0 miles away
Artist's Point
A Monument Valley viewpoint looking north across the valley toward the Mitten Buttes and other rock formations.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Monument Valley
- County
- Navajo County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 31.6 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 0.0
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 36.9528, -110.0765
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12