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Thunderbird Lodge, Canyon De Chelly, Chinle, Arizona
Located inside the park, near the mouth of Canyon De Chelly, the Thunderbird Lodge provides superb, comfortable lodging only minutes from the national monument. The Thunderbird Lodge is in fact the closest lodging option to the monument.
Thunderbird Lodge, Canyon De Chelly, Chinle, Arizona
Antelope House Overlook, North Rim, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (/dəˈʃeɪ/ də-SHAY) was established on April 1, 1931 as a unit of the National Park Service. It is located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the early indigenous tribes that lived in the area, including the Ancient Pueblo Peoples (also called Anasazi) and Navajo. The monument covers 83,840 acres (131.0 sq mi; 339.3 km2) and encompasses the floors and rims of the three major canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument. These canyons were cut by streams with headwaters in the Chuska mountains just to the east of the monument. None of the land is federally owned. In 2009 Canyon de Chelly National Monument was recognized as one of the most-visited national monuments in the United States.
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Antelope House Overlook, North Rim, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Antelope House Overlook, North Rim, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Antelope House Overlook, North Rim, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Antelope House Overlook, North Rim, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Antelope House Overlook, North Rim, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Navajo National Monument, Arizona
Navajo National Monument is a National Monument located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Nation territory in northern Arizona, which was established to preserve three well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan People: Broken Pottery (Kitsʼiil), Ledge House (Bitátʼahkin), and Inscription House (Tsʼah Biiʼ Kin). The monument is high on the Shonto plateau, overlooking the Tsegi Canyon system, west of Kayenta, Arizona. It features a visitor center with a museum, two short self-guided mesa top trails, two small campgrounds, and a picnic area. Rangers guide visitors on free tours of the Keet Seel and Betatakin cliff dwellings. The Inscription House site, further west, is currently closed to public access.
The Sandal Trail is an accessible self-guided walk that provides views of the spectacular canyonlands and rugged topography near the visitor center. Interpretive signs provide information on local flora and other topics. The 1-mile (1.6 km) round-trip trail ends at an overlook of the Betatakin ruins across the 560-foot-deep (170 m) Betatakin Canyon. The National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
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