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View of Monument Valley in Utah, looking south on U.S. Route 163 from 13 miles (21 km) north of the Utah–Arizona state line Mitchell Mesa from the View Hotel.. Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching ...
Businesses in Monument Valley asked the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to request extensions of US 163 and US 666 using this new road. [18] The proposal would have US 163 run from Cedar City to US 160 near Cortez, Colorado along the routes of State Route 14 , U.S. Route 89 , Arizona State Route 98 , U.S. Route 160 , the current US 163 ...
The 100.3-mile (161 km) Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road in Apache County, Arizona, [5] and the 26-mile (42 km) Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road [6] in Navajo County, Arizona. The byways highlight the archaeological and cultural history of southwestern Native American peoples, and traverses the widely diverse geological landscape of ...
The road from Bluff north via Monticello, Moab, and Valley City to Thompson (a station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad) became a state highway in 1910. [7] To connect this road with the rest of the state highway system, a road from Valley City northwest via Floy to Green River was added in 1912, as was a connection from Thompson to via Cisco to Colorado. [8]
Stagecoach is situated 4.4 miles (7.1 km) north-northeast of the Monument Valley Tribal Park Visitor Center, on Navajo Nation land. It is an iconic landform of Monument Valley and can be seen from Highway 163. Precipitation runoff from this landform's slopes drains into the San Juan River drainage basin. [2]
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. The English designation Agathla is derived from the Navajo name aghaałą́ meaning ...
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 ...
Cottonwood Canyon Road (also known as Road 400, Cottonwood Canyons Scenic Backway[1] and K7000[2]) is a scenic 46-mile (74 km) [1] or 47-mile (76 km) [3] dirt road that traverses Cottonwood Canyon in Kane County, Utah. The drive begins in Cannonville, just off Utah State Route 12, continues southward through Grand Staircase–Escalante National ...