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Introduction
and Map The
Four Corners region has the richest array of ancestral
Puebloan (Anasazi) sites as well as some of the most
memorable scenery in this country. |
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Hoovenweep
National Monument includes six prehistoric
Anasazi villages spread over a
20-mile area of desert, mesas and canyons. Multistoried towers
sit on balanced boulders and canyon rims. |
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Chaco Culture National
Historical Park in Chaco Canyon contains the densest and most
exceptional concentration of large Anasazi pueblos or
villages to be found anywhere. |
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Mexican Hat
is a tiny, off beat stop for tired tourists going to
Moab or on down 163.
For us it was a destination while visiting the Valley of
the Gods and
Monument Valley. |
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Shiprock is
the dominant natural landmark in the Four Corners region and a revered site in Navajo religious
beliefs. When pollution from the local power plants permit, it
can be seen for 40 miles. |
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Valley of the
Gods has been called, "Monument Valley Lite."
But it is also less traveled, which makes it more
personally accessible. There are few tourists and no
guides to direct or hurry you along. |
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Bandelier
National Monument's best-known archeological
sites in Frijoles Canyon were inhabited from the 1100s into the
mid-1500s. Earlier groups had used the area for thousands of years |
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Monument
Valley is at once an alien landscape and the
most universally recognized image of the American West.
Like an Ansel Adams, Monument Valley is uniquely
American. |
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Mesa Verdi
National Parks archeological sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
The Park offers a spectacular look into the lives of the
ancient Anasazi people. |
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Canyon de Chelly
National Park combines spectacular geological formations
and the mysteries of the ancient Anasazi culture in one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America. |
