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Chinle (Navajo: Chíńlį́) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The name in Navajo means ' flowing out ' and is a reference to the location where the water flows out of the Canyon de Chelly . [ 3 ]
U.S. Route 191 (US 191) is a north–south U.S. Highway in eastern Arizona.The highway runs for 516.50 miles (831.23 km), making it Arizona's longest numbered highway. The highway begins at State Route 80 near Douglas and crosses over the Utah state line near Mexican Water in the Navajo Nat
The Chinle Franciscan Mission Historic District is located in Chinle, Arizona, one of the population centers on the Navajo Nation. It is on the west side of the main east–west route through Chinle, Indian Service Route 7.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (/ d ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / də-SHAY) was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service.Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region.
Apache County includes the Arizona section of the Four Corners Monument. Apache County is a county in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. [1] The county seat is St. Johns. [2]
In 1992, Arizona requested a new number for its portion of US 666. The state wished to remove the US 666 designation from within Arizona, due to public concerns relating to the biblical reference to the number "666". A secondary reason given by the state was the constant theft of US 666 shields and navigational markers along the highway. [15]
It was previously known as the Chinle Boarding School and was in Chinle until 1976, although its name did not immediately change. [12] By 2012 the name changed to its current one. [13] There was a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) school called Many Farms Boarding School. From circa 1975 to 1979 the school had 11 principals. In 1979 it had 500 ...
Two lakes are found in Chinle Valley. Many Farms Lake is located on Sheep Dip Creek at Many Farms, Arizona, about 1.5-mi [4] from the Chinle Wash. Just northeast, and 3-mi southeast of Round Rock, Arizona is Round Rock Reservoir, located on Navajo Route 12, and between Lukachukai Creek (from the Lukachukai Mountains, 7-mi east), and Agua Sal Creek, from the northwest Chuska Mountains (the ...