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Phil's log
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Monument Valley is an area of free standing sandstone rock forms that rise majestically
from the desert floor. Up to 1,000 feet tall, they create a truly magical desert landscape.
The beauty of the area is a fact well documented by the numerous Western movies and
television commercials for which Monument Valley has served as a backdrop.
The movies filmed here include Billy the Kid (1941), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Easy Rider (1969), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and many more. |
66 kb | For a complete list of movies filmed in Monument Valley, click here. |
| Directions |
Monument Valley is located along the Utah/Arizona border towards the southeast
corner of Utah. It is just east of Hwy. 163, about 22 miles southwest of
Mexican Hat, Utah and 24 miles north of Kayenta, Arizona.
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| Operating hours | May thru September | 8:00 am to 7:00 pm | open all year, Closed December 25 |
| October thru April | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | ||
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| Admission fees | Adults | USD 3.-- per person | Ages 60 and older | USD 1.-- per person | Kids 7 and under | free | Attention | Since Monument valley is not part of the US National Park system, no National Park passes whatsoever are honored. This is a Tribal par and therefore not affiliated with any Federal or State park administration. |
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| Address |
Navajo Parks and Recreation Department P.O. Box 308 Window Rock, AZ 86515 | ||
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| Phone | (602) 871 49 41 | ||
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| Unknown If you know the Email Address of Monument Valley, Please tell me. | |||
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| Official home page | http://www.navajonationparks.org/monumentvalley.html | ||
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| Phil's visit to Monument Valley | |||||||||||||
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| Date | Wednesday, September 20, 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Arrival | 4:30 pm | ||||||||||||
| Departure | 7:30 pm | ||||||||||||
| Time spent | 3:00 Hrs | ||||||||||||
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| Accommodation |
Best Western Wetherill Inn Highway 163 P O Box 175 Kayenta AZ 86033
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The first thing you notice upon arrival at the visitor center is the numerous private tour operator businesses located in the
car parking area. Here you can book anything from 2 hour 4x4 tours to full day horseback riding experiences.
The 2 hour tour gives you a good overview of the valley. These tours also take you to park sections which are only open to guided
tours. There are even shorter tours available, but they only follow the public road which is open to all passenger cars.
The self guided car tour takes you to some of the most photographed sites in the area - maybe even in the USA. The road is rather
rough, so tourists please don't forget that most rental car companies won't allow you to drive your vehicle on unsealed roads -
so you have to either join a guided tour or break the rules and drive really really carefully.
Sunset is best be watched from the platform outside the visitor center. You will see two of the most famous items of
Monument Valley - the Mittens - turn slowly into dark red colors as the sun sets behind you and the shadows get longer.
My pictures of Monument Valley
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