0.7 miles away
West and East Mitten Buttes
Two buttes in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, rising above 6,100 feet and named for their resemblance to a pair of mittens.
Merrick Butte
A butte in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, south of the Mitten Buttes and named for the miner Jack Merrick.
- Rank in Arizona
- #232of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 44.8 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Merrick Butte is a butte in Monument Valley, within the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. It stands south of the West and East Mitten Buttes, which it resembles. The butte was named after Jack Merrick, a silver miner killed by Native Americans in 1880.
Where it is
Merrick 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 Merrick 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: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
0.8 miles away
Monument Valley
A cluster of sandstone buttes on the Navajo Nation, the largest rising 1,000 feet above the valley floor.1.4 miles away
John Wayne's Point
John Wayne's Point, a Monument Valley overlook named for the actor, lies near Lookout Point but faces east-southeast rather than its direction.
1.4 miles away
Elephant Butte
A 5,981-foot Monument Valley butte, appearing as the largest formation visible north-east of John Ford's Point.
1.7 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.
1.8 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.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Monument Valley
- County
- Navajo County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 44.8 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 29.0
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 36.9800, -110.0860
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12