The Monument Valley National Park

Today, we are headed to the Monument Valley – a national park at the northern rim of Arizona where monumental rock formations, mesas and buttes predominate over the desolate wasteland.

Image: The West (left) and the East Mitten (right) buttes as seen from a pull-in near the entrance to the national park
Image: The West (left) and the East Mitten (right) buttes as seen from a pull-in near the entrance to the national park
Image: A view of the Rain God Mesa from the Valley Road
Image: A view of the Rain God Mesa from the Valley Road
Image: A view of the Rain God Mesa from the Valley Road. At the base of the mesa, there is a small navajo settlement.
Image: A view of the Rain God Mesa from the Valley Road. At the base of the mesa, there is a small navajo settlement.
Image: A view of the Rain God Mesa from the Valley Road
Image: A view of the Rain God Mesa from the Valley Road
Image: A wild horse in front of the Totem Pole and Yei Bi Chei buttes as seen from the Valley Road
Image: A wild horse in front of the Totem Pole and Yei Bi Chei buttes as seen from the Valley Road
Image: A view of the Spearhead Mesa from the Valley Road
Image: A view of the Spearhead Mesa from the Valley Road
Image: A rock formation near the Cly Butte
Image: A rock formation near the Cly Butte
Image: A look to the northwest from the North Window Overlook
Image: A look to the northwest from the North Window Overlook
Image: A look to the northwest through the visors of the Elephant (left) and Cly (right) buttes from a point near the North Window Overlook.
Image: A look to the northwest through the visors of the Elephant (left) and Cly (right) buttes from a point near the North Window Overlook.
Image: A view of the West Mitten (left), Merrick (center), and the East Mitten buttes (right) from the Valley Road
Image: A view of the West Mitten (left), Merrick (center), and the East Mitten buttes (right) from the Valley Road
Image: The Merrick (left) and the East Mitten (right) buttes as seen from the Visitor Center
Image: The Merrick (left) and the East Mitten (right) buttes as seen from the Visitor Center

Our next stop will be the Mesa Verde National Park.

Written on July 19, 2016