Welcome to the Navajo Nation’s Monument Valley Park. It is one of the most famous National Park who is the most photographed in the world. This valley boasts sandstone masterpieces that tower at heights of 400 to 1,000 feet, framed by dramatic clouds casting shadows that graciously roam the desert floor—the angle of the sun accents these graceful formations, providing utterly spellbinding scenery.
The landscape overwhelms, not just by its beauty but also by its size. The fragile pinnacles of rock are surrounded by miles of mesas and buttes, shrubs and trees, and windblown sand, all comprising the magnificent colors of the valley. All of this harmoniously combines to make Monument Valley a truly wondrous experience. Enjoy this beautiful land.
His Navajo Name is Tse’Bii’Ndzisgaii
The elevation is 5,564 feet above sea level
And the size from the park is 91,696 acres (spans Utah & Arizona)
Before human existence, the park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment, which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by constant pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting in to and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of the soft and hard rock revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte.
We decided with Jerome to drive around the park (but be careful to have the right car because the roads can be bumpy!)
If you want some souvenirs, make a stop One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs have roadside stands.
This park was for me entirely mythical because I saw so many movies with this background that I wanted to discover it in my own eyes. I am so grateful to have learned so much about the Navajo community.
