Canyon de Chelly

About this spectacle

Canyon de Chelly cuts deep into the Colorado Plateau, its rust-red sandstone walls rising hundreds of feet above a cottonwood-lined canyon floor. Visitors standing at White House Overlook peer down at ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings tucked into alcoves, their mud-brick walls still standing against the stone. The canyon glows warmest at dawn and dusk when low-angle sunlight saturates the ochre and crimson rock. Ravens call from the rim while the canyon floor, still farmed by Navajo families, offers a rare sense of living landscape. Wind-sculpted spires and sweeping meanders reward photographers at every bend, and the silence at the overlooks feels absolute against the scale of the canyon.

When to go

Jan — Dec, peak Sep — May

Getting there

Nearest airport: FLG. Nearest city: Gallup.

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