16 miles away
Navajo Code Talkers exhibit
A Kayenta exhibit, in a building behind a Burger King, on how Navajo code talkers secured US military communications in the Second World War.
Navajo National Monument
A National Park System unit on the Shonto Plateau preserving three Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings.
- Rank in Arizona
- #160of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 48.1 out of 100high confidence
- Annual visits
- 58,442counted in 2024
- Category
- National Monument
Navajo National Monument is a unit of the National Park System in the north-western portion of the Navajo Nation, in northern Arizona. It was established to preserve three cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people: Keet Seel (Kitsʼiil), Betatakin (Bitátʼahkin) and Inscription House (Tsʼah Biiʼ Kin). The monument stands high on the Shonto Plateau, overlooking the Tsegi Canyon system west of Kayenta, and holds a visitor centre with a museum, three short self-guided trails, two primitive campgrounds and a picnic area. The Sandal Trail, an accessible route of 1.3 miles return, ends at an overlook of Betatakin across a canyon 560 feet deep; it is the only point from which the dwelling can be seen outside a guided tour. Rangers lead free tours of Betatakin and a 17-mile return back-country hike to Keet Seel. Inscription House has been closed to the public for many years. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 15 October 1966. It recorded 58,442 recreation visits in 2024.
Where it is
Navajo National Monument is a national monument near Kayenta, in Navajo County. It is one of the national monuments in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
The score combines the published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance, which is what earns it high confidence. 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: The 2025 series reports zero recreation visits for month 10, a reporting gap rather than a measured figure, so 2024 is used as the reference year.
Sources
- Visitation: National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics(opens in a new tab)
- 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
- Official site: https://www.nps.gov/nava/index.htm(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
19 miles away
Owl Rock
A 6,547-foot sandstone summit on Navajo Nation land north of Kayenta, held sacred as a spindle left by the Holy People.
20 miles away
Agathla Peak
An eroded volcanic plug rising more than 1,500 feet south of Monument Valley, held sacred by the Navajo and visible from U.S. Route 163.24 miles away
Ancestral Puebloan Ruins
Ruins in southern Monument Valley thought to be the largest and most intact in the valley, set in a wide, shallow rock cave.26 miles away
Ancestral Puebloan Ruin and Petroglyphs
A Monument Valley ruin and petroglyph site on a canyon edge, fenced since 2018 to better protect it, unusually sited on the ground.
30 miles away
Ear of the Wind
Ear of the Wind is a rock arch in Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, standing directly beside a sand dune.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- National Monument
- Destination
- Kayenta
- County
- Navajo County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 58,442 (2024)
- What is counted
- recreation visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 48.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- 26.9
- Popularity score
- 44.5
- Significance score
- 83.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- nps.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 36.6783, -110.5410
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12