Best Canyon De Chelly National Monument Tours in Summer

The 83,840-acre monument located on Navajo Nation land in Northeast Arizona contains three canyons and archaeologists have identified monument remnants of human existence dating back to more than 4,000 years ago when the Navajo and Anasazi people lived there. Canyon de Chelly National Monument was designated in 1931 with the National Park Service and Navajo Nation working together to manage it. There are 40 Navajo families living within the national monument that also is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Points of interest are Spider Rock, Mummy Cave, White House Ruin Trail, North and South Rim Drive and the Visitors Center. Show All