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Navajo National Monument

Navajo National Monument preserves three intact cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people. A visitor center, museum, three short self-guided trails, two small campgrounds, and a picnic area provide service to travelers that make the trek to this remote hamlet.

Rangers guide tours to cliff dwellings. Please call 928-672-2700.

 
 
 
 
 

Write to

Superintendent, Navajo National Monument
HC 71 Box 3
Tonalea, AZ 86044

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Phone

Visitor Information
(928) 672-2700

Fax

(928) 672-2703

Climate

Warm (85 degrees F.), dry summers with occasional late summer thunderstorms. Cold (35 degrees F.), usually snowy winters. Windy in the springtime.
Tsegi Canyon  

Did You Know?
Most pueblo villages in Tsegi canyon were built in the canyon bottoms or on the mesa tops. Over the past seven centuries wind, rain, and snow has reduced them to piles of rubble. Most of the cliff pueblos survive because they were built in alcoves.

Last Updated: August 23, 2007 at 13:20 EST