Fredonia - Vermilion Cliffs Scenic Road Diné Biítah “Among the People” Scenic Road Naat’tsis’aan (Navajo Mountain) Along Rt. 89A | Length: 82.0 mi Along Rt. 12 & 64 | Length: 103 miles Scenic Road U.S. 98 | Length: 68 miles

NAVAJO NATION

Though Navajo Mountain is not one of the four sacred SCENIC BYWAYS mountains, the peak has been a sacred site to the Navajo, Hopi, Paiute, and other tribes since at least 8000 B.C. Along this byway you can see Lechee Rock, a 900-foot red butte, and Antelope Canyon, with its stunning striated layers of red rock. Winding through the heart of Navajoland, from Window Rock (the Capitol of the Navajo Nation), to Canyon de Chelly Trail of the Ancients Experience a 4,500 foot elevation change as the flora and National Monument, this road takes you to some of the most fauna shift from desert scrub to juniper, oak and aspens sacred spots in the Navajo Nation. Visit sites such as: the through the rosy colors of the Vermilion Cliffs. Cross the Navajo Code Talker Monument, Navajo Nation Museum, Zoo Navajo Bridge as it spans the Colorado River, which cuts and Botanical Garden, St. Michael’s Historical Museum, and through Marble Canyon. Watch for California condors, recently archaeological and historic spots in magnificent Canyon de reintroduced to the area in an effort to raise their population. Chelly.

Tse’nikani (Flat Mesa Rock) Scenic Road Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road Along Rt. 191 | Length: 48 miles Along Rt. 163 | Length: 27.7 mi

The Trail of the Ancients is a series of roads in the Four Corners area which represent the archaeological heartland of America. Chaco Canyon, at the center of these Trails, functioned as a ceremonial center for many ancient people between 850 and 1250 A.D. Visit other remarkable locations such as Shiprock, El Malpais National Monument, and El Morro National Monument.

Historic Route 66

This scenic road runs along Rt. 191 between the two little towns of Mexican Water at Rt. 160 and Many Farms, just north of Navajo Nation Scenic Byways: Chinle, Arizona. It passes by striking buttes and mesas such as: Flat Mesa Rock, Round Rock (shown here), and Whale Rock. • Diné Biítah “Among the People” Scenic Road The land here resembles a dreamscape, or in some places the surface of Mars, with its red sandstone spires, giant buttes, and • Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road majestic stone mesas. • Naat’tsis’aan (Navajo Mountain) Scenic Road

The landscape of Monument Valley may well be the most • Tse’nikani (Flat Mesa Rock) Scenic Road recognized of any stretch of geography in the United States. Featured in many famous films and photographs, the buttes • Vermilion Cliffs Scenic Road and mesas are unmistakable rocky monoliths, with names This mythic road is populated with gorgeous shifting landscapes such as Merrick Butte, The Mittens, Three Sisters, Totem Pole, and Plus: The Trail of the Ancients Scenic Roads and pop iconography. Stop at a funky diner, take a snapshot Yeibichei. with a dinosaur, or hang out on a corner in Winslow, Arizona & Historic Route 66 with a statue of Don Henley and his shiny flat-bead Ford. NAVAJO NATION SCENIC BYWAYS

Monticello Navajo Nation 191 Silverton 491 12 Trail of the Ancients Featured Locations 95 N r National Scenic Byway UTAH Colorado COLORADO 1. Window Rock, Navajo Nation Capitol Blanding 14 Colorado Rive 95 550 2. Navajo Nation Museum, Zoo & Botanical Park W E Canyons of 276 the Ancients 261 262 Cortez 3. Navajo Code Talkers Monument 89 Nat’l Park Trail of the Ancients Bluff Mancos 160 S National Scenic Byway Mesa Verde 4. St. Michaels Historical Museum 9 163 162 Durango 160 Utah Nat’l Park Scenic Byways Lake Powell Aneth 491 5. Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site 89 550 Kanab 191 6. Diné College 42 Four Corners Fredonia 11 Aztec Ruins Kayenta-Monument Valley 163 Monument Valley Nat’l Monument 7. Asaayi Lake Rec. Area Scenic Road Tribal Park Mexican Water 389 89A Vermilion Cliffs Page 13 Scenic Road 89A 17 Proposed Trail of the 15 64 Shiprock Aztec 8. Wheatfields Lake Antelope Ancients NSB - Arizona 191 Tse’nikani Farmington 18 Canyon 14 “Flat Rock Mesa” Navajo National Navajo 160 64 Bloomfield 9. Canyon de Chelly Nat’l Monument Kaibeto Monument Mountain Kayenta Scenic Road 10 98 16 13 564 Trail of the Ancients 10. Shiprock Scenic Byway - New Mexico Shonto 67 89 Naat’tsis’aan Proposed Trail of the 11. Four Corners Navajo Tribal Park “Navajo Mountain” 41 59 Ancients NSB Grand Canyon 12 13 Scenic Road Blanco National Park Many Farms 6 12. Chaco Culture National Historic Park Tsaile Newcomb Nageezi Navajo Nation Wheatfields 19 550 13. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Supai 191 371 Tuba City 160 64 8 North Rim Chinle Canyon de Chelly 12 National Monument Sheep Springs 14. Kayenta Visitor’s Center Grand Canyon 20 9 Chaco Culture 4 134 Nat’l Historic Park 15. El Capitan 19 7 Crystal 64 264 7 Red Lake 197 16. Navajo National Monument Navajo 491 Cameron 64 12 3 Tohatchi 17. Antelope Canyon Navajo Tribal Park Hopi Reservation 9 9 264 Ganado Fort 1 2 89 5 Defiance Window Rock 18. Navajo Bridge 87 4 Crownpoint 264 509 180 191 St. Michaels 19. Coal Mine Canyon Gallup 371 Oak Springs 64 Historic Route 66 15 40 20. Tuba City – Explore Navajo Museum Diné Biítah Seligman Leupp “Among the People” 602 Thoreau 15 Lupton Scenic Road Vanderwagon 605 Williams Proposed Trail of the Ashfork 40 99 Historic Route 66 El Morro Grants Flagstaff Ancients NSB - Arizona Ramah Nat’l Monument To Albuquerque For more information: 40 Zuni 87 6 40 www.DiscoverNavajo.com 89 89A Winslow 53 53 Sedona Petrified Forest El Malpais www.NavajoScenicRoads.com 17 Nat’l Monument Holbrook National Park 191 Historic Route 66 Chino Valley Cottonwood 89A 179 ARIZONA 180 NEW MEXICO 89A 69