#1 · Natural Landmark
Monument Valley
Sandstone buttes rising up to 1,000 feet from the valley floor, within a Navajo Tribal Park on the Arizona-Utah line, familiar from decades of Western films.
Attractions in Navajo County
The 54 attractions in this database located in Navajo County, Arizona.
54 attractions
#2 · Natural Landmark
Painted Desert
The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area, running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed from the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors: these include the more common red rock, but also shades of lavender.
#3 · Landmark
Standin' on the Corner Park
Standin' on the Corner Park is a public park in Winslow, Arizona, opened in 1999, commemorating the song "Take It Easy" which was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and most famously recorded by Frey's band, the Eagles. The song includes the verse "Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see.
#4 · Natural Landmark
West and East Mitten Buttes
The West and East Mitten Buttes (also known as the Mittens) are two buttes in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in northeast Navajo County, Arizona. When viewed from the south, the buttes appear to be two giant mittens with their thumbs facing inwards. The Mittens are about 0.6 mi (0.97 km) from the Arizona–Utah state line and West Mitten Butte is 1.1 mi (1.8 km) northeast of the park headquarters.
#5 · Historic Site
Awatovi Ruins
The Awatovi Ruins, spelled Awat'ovi in recent literature, are an archaeological site on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. The site contains the ruins of a pueblo estimated to be 500 years old, as well as those of a 17th-century Spanish mission. It was visited in the 16th century by members of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's exploratory expedition.
#6 · Landmark
Chevelon Creek Bridge
Chevelon Creek Bridge is a historic road bridge located about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Winslow, in Navajo County, eastern Arizona, United States. It is a steel Warren Pony truss bridge over Chevelon Creek, built on the first permanent road connecting Holbrook, the seat of Navajo County, and Winslow. When built, the road was regionally important in northern Arizona as well as being a segment of an early national highway at the time automobile traffic was growing and national roads were first being formed.
#7 · Natural Landmark
Black Mesa
Black Mesa (also called Big Mountain) is an upland mountainous mesa of Arizona, north-trending in Navajo County, west and southeast-trending in Apache County. In Navajo it is called Dziłíjiin ('Black Mountain') and during Mexican rule of Arizona it was called Mesa de las Vacas (Spanish for 'mesa of the cows'). It derives its dark appearance from its pinyon-juniper and mixed conifer woodlands.
#9 · Natural Landmark
Owl Rock
Owl Rock is a 6,547-foot (1,996 m) elevation sandstone summit located south of Monument Valley, in northeast Arizona. It is situated 7 miles (11 km) north of Kayenta on Navajo Nation land, and can be seen from Highway 163 perched on the east edge of Tyende Mesa, where it towers 1,000 feet (300 meters) above the surrounding terrain. Its nearest higher neighbor is Agathla Peak, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the east-northeast, on the opposite side of this highway.
#10 · Natural Landmark
Agathla Peak
Agathla Peak or Agathlan (Navajo: Aghaałą́, Spanish: El Capitan) is a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, which rises over 1,500 feet (460 meters) above the surrounding terrain. It is 7 miles (11 km) north of Kayenta and is visible from U.S. Route 163.
#11 · Natural Landmark
Totem Pole
The Totem Pole is a pillar or rock spire found in Monument Valley. It is a highly eroded remnant of a butte. Deserts at the end of the Permian period, 260 million years ago, formed the De Chelly and Wingate Sandstones that make up the buttes, totems, and mesas in Monument Valley.#12 · Natural Landmark
Hunts Mesa
This mesa marks the southern end of Monument Valley. It is in Southern Monument Valley, the extremely remote part of the valley that even the local Navajo people avoid.
#13 · Landmark
Wigwam Motel
The Wigwam Motels, also known as the "Wigwam Villages", is a motel chain in the United States built during the 1930s and 1940s. The rooms are built in the form of tipis, mistakenly referred to as wigwams. It originally had seven different locations: two locations in Kentucky and one each in Alabama, Florida, Arizona, Louisiana, and California.
#14 · Natural Landmark
Merrick's Butte
Merrick Butte is a butte located in Monument Valley and is part of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, similar to its neighbors West and East Mitten Buttes just to the north. It was named after silver miner Jack Merrick, killed by Native Americans in 1880.
#15 · Historic Site
Fort Apache Historic Park
Fort Apache Historic Park (Tł’óghagai in Apache) is a tribal historic park of the White Mountain Apache, located at the former site of Fort Apache on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The park interprets the rich and troubled history of relations between the Apache and other Native American tribes at the fort, which was converted into a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school after its military use ended.#17 · Natural Landmark
Rainbow Lake
Rainbow Lake is a 116-acre manmade lake near the town of Pinetop-Lakeside and the community of Lake of the Woods in southern Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The lake was created in 1903 when Mormon settlers dammed Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Little Colorado River, to impound water for irrigation.
#18 · Landmark
Bucket of Blood Street
Bucket of Blood Street is located off the former U.S. Route 66 in the Old Downtown district of Holbrook, Arizona. Bucket of Blood Street is one block south of the historical Santa Fe Railroad station on Navajo Road that was built in 1882.
#21 · Historic Site
Ancestral Puebloan Ruin and Petroglyphs
This is another Ancestral Puebloan Ruin of importance in Monument Valley, but this one is slightly different from the others because it is on the ground. The ruin is on the edge of a narrow canyon that has high rocks on both sides. However, these ruin is fenced off and the fence was moved farther out from the ruin in 2018 to better protect it and the petroglyphs.#22 · Historic Site
Ancestral Puebloan Ruins
Although there are many Ancestral Puebloan ruins in Monument Valley, these ruins in the south of the park are probably the ones that are largest and most intact. They are, like Ancestral Puebloan ruins in general, lodged built into a wide but shallow cave in the side of a rounded rock.#23 · Natural Landmark
Artist's Point
From Artist's Point, you can look north toward the mittens and northern buttes.#24 · Natural Landmark
Big Hogan Arch
The name "Big Hogan" comes from the arch's appearance, which is similar to that of hogans. Hogans are a round type of building regularly seen in the Navajo Nation. "Big Hogan" used to be a gathering place for Indians, and was good for the traditional Navajo music because of the arch echoes.#26 · Natural Landmark
Camel Butte
This is a small butte near John Ford's Point. Dirt roads go past three sides of the butte; one goes on its western side between the butte and John Ford Point, one goes on its southern side between the Camel Butte and another butte to the south, and the other eastern road goes east of Thumb Spire to the North Window Overlook.#27 · Natural Landmark
Cly Butte
North Window overlook is between North Window Butte and Elephant Butte. In case you were wondering, there is no South Window overlook.#28 · Natural Landmark
Cube Rock
The Cube Rock is near the overlook point for Sand Springs in eastern Monument Valley. If you go to Yei Bei Chei point and look northeast, the small (in comparison with the other rocks), square-shaped rock is Cube Rock.#30 · Natural Landmark
Elephant Butte
This dramatic butte is northeast of John Ford's Point; if you go to John Ford's Point and look to your right, it should be the largest butte in that direction.#31 · Natural Landmark
Flying Eagle Butte
This butte is north of Sleeping Dragon Butte. The Flying Eagle is west of Yei Bi Chei and the eastern end of Flying Eagle is near a collection of sand dunes and Sand Springs. A canyon cuts into the southwestern part of the butte.#33 · Natural Landmark
Hidden Bridge Arch
This arch is part of a rock formation that is south of Big Hogan and Sun's Eye.#34 · Natural Landmark
John Ford Point
This viewing point was featured in several Western films. You can get a picture of yourself at this point – standing on a horse, just like it was in the films. At John Ford Point, there are several buildings, making this one of the more developed parts of the park – it's a just a rough dirt road to get there.#35 · Natural Landmark
John Wayne's Point
Named after the famous actor John Wayne, this point is near Lookout Point but instead faces east-southeast.#36 · Natural Landmark
Little Painted Desert County Park
A gem of a park, with a good view of the Painted Desert. The view is particularly beautiful in the early morning and late afternoon.#38 · Natural Landmark
McHood Park / Clear Creek Reservoir
Offers opportunities for canoeing, fishing, swimming, and picnicking. Clear Creek Canyon, a deep rock canyon with petroglyphs, is accessible only by canoe. It is possible to camp here; see listing below.#39 · Natural Landmark
Mitchell Mesa
This butte is named after a miner in the area who died while mining. He worked with Merrick, who also got an outcrop named after him.#40 · Natural Landmark
North Window Overlook
This overlook views the North Window and the desert expanse beyond it.#41 · Historic Site
Rock Art Ranch House and Museum
Over 3000 petroglyphs are located on what is now a working cattle and buffalo ranch. The petroglyphs are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and have been determined to cover a period spanning 6000 years produced by several Native American cultures. Personal guided tours are offered by the ranch owner Brantley Baird and his ranch hand Clem Rogers.#42 · Natural Landmark
Sand Springs
There is a spring near a sand dune in this part of Monument Valley.#43 · Natural Landmark
Sleeping Dragon Butte
It looks like a dragon when viewed from the north and a ghost when viewed in the sky from the west. It is south of Flying Eagle and there are a few traditional Navajo hogans just south of the Sleeping Dragon. Parts of the Sleeping Dragon resemble the toadstools, but the cliffs around it and a large gash in the butte's southern side give its identity and location away.#44 · Natural Landmark
Spearhead Mesa
This large mesa looks like the letter "E" when viewed from the sky. It marks the northeastern boundary of the Eastern Monument Valley rock formations, and all of its three prongs are south of Artist's Point and north of The Cube and Yei Bi Chei Point.#45 · Natural Landmark
Sun's Eye
This arch is unique because you can see the arch from a rock formation below it.#46 · Natural Landmark
The Hub
This butte is a two-step butte; there is a large butte with a narrow one on top of it.#47 · Natural Landmark
Three Sisters Spires
These three spires are best viewed from the John Ford Point area, where they can be most easily recognized. The smallest of the spires, which is in the center, has a rock that sits on it. The large spire on the southern end looks like a person when viewed from the John Ford Point area.#48 · Natural Landmark
Thumb Spire
This spire, next to Camel Butte, has several large rocks lying next to it.#49 · Natural Landmark
Yei Bi Chei Point
This point overlooks the Sand Springs region of the park. The overlook point is near a riverbank. However, the area is also surrounded by rocks, so viewers will be looking up for rock formations at this overlook and not down.#50 · Natural Landmark
Yei Bi Chei Spires
These spires – which are next to Totem Pole Spire – are organized in a crescent-like shape. "Yei Bi Chei" is a Navajo term that refers to a particular special event that the locals used to do that involved dancing. The Yei Bi Chei spires can, particularly from the south, look like a group of dancers.#51 · Museum
Navajo Code Talkers exhibit
Pictures, articles and military equipment tell the story of how the Navajo code talkers enabled the U.S. military to securely transmit information during World War II. The main museum is located behind the Burger King in a separate building while the restaurant has a few display cases of Japanese and US World War II artifacts.#52 · Museum
Navajo County Historical Society
Self-guided tours. Contact the Holbrook Visitor's Center (nextdoor) for a brochure.#53 · Museum
Old Trails Museum
A small museum with exhibits detailing the history of the Winslow area.#54 · Museum
Rainbow Forest Museum
Rainbow Forest Museum provides exhibits of petrified wood, fossils, and displays of prehistoric animals as well as information, book sales, and restrooms. Timeless Impressions, a free orientation film about the park, is shown continuously throughout the day.
Destinations in this county
Ganado · Holbrook · Kayenta · Mogollon Rim · Monument Valley · Petrified Forest National Park · Show Low · Winslow
County is resolved from each attraction's coordinates against U.S. Census geography rather than entered by hand, so a place near a county line is filed where it actually sits.