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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 ...
American band Drive-By Truckers' 2008 CD, Brighter Than Creation's Dark ends with "The Monument Valley", a song with references to film making and movie director John Ford. Rock band Eagles used Monument Valley on the cover of their 1985 UK Best of album. It shows the U.S. Route 163 heading south towards the East and West Mittens
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 ...
Big Indian is situated three miles (4.8 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. [3]
Sentinel Mesa is a 6,450-foot-elevation (1,966-meter) summit in San Juan County, Utah, United States. [1] It is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the Monument Valley visitor center on Navajo Nation land and can be seen from Highway 163.
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]
Sites on the road include archaeological sites at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, the Navajo Nation Museum, and the Navajo Code Talker Monument. [3] Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road: 27.7 miles: The scenic byway, along U.S. Route 163, passes by "unmissable monoliths" of Monument Valley, like Totem Pole, Three Sisters, and Merrick Butte. [3]