Canyon de Chelly National Monument - Chinle, AZ
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 36° 09.162 W 109° 32.346
12S E 631417 N 4001873
Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service. Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region.
Waymark Code: WM15RJM
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 1

From Wikipedia

"Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service. Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the indigenous tribes that lived in the area, from the Ancestral Puebloans (also known as the Anasazi) to the Navajo. The monument covers 83,840 acres (131 sq mi; 339 km2) and encompasses the floors and rims of the three major canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument. These canyons were cut by streams with headwaters in the Chuska Mountains just to the east of the monument. None of the land is federally owned. Canyon de Chelly is one of the most visited national monuments in the United States."

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Street address:
Highway 64
Chinle, AZ United States
86503


County / Borough / Parish: Apache County

Year listed: 1970

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Event

Periods of significance: 499-0 AD, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Historic function: Domestic

Current function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
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