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| Distance Round Trip |
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2.5 miles |
| Trailhead Elevation |
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6,000 feet |
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1.5 hours |
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| Interest Ruins & Perennial Creek | | Backpack No | | Dogs not allowed |
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2018-09-04 | Tortoise_Hiker |
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2018-07-13 | TheNaviG8R |
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2018-03-31 | chumley |
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2017-06-06 | rcorfman |
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2016-07-29 | DarthStiller |
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2015-05-02 | Lucyan |
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2015-05-02 |
Canyon de Chelly via Spider Rock |
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2014-07-19 | blueberry1222 |
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| White House Ruin Trail - Canyon de Chelly
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3.05 mi
758 ft |
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| White House Ruin Trail - Canyon de Chelly
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3.02 mi
883 ft |
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| White House Ruin Trail - Canyon de Chelly
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3.24 mi
1,020 ft |
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 | | Howard's Walk Trail
4.4 mi away
| | | | Wild Cherry Overlook
5.1 mi away
| |  | | Three Turkey Ruins
8.6 mi away
| | | | Canyon de Chelly NM
9.9 mi away
| |  | | Window Rock and Indian Route 12
38.9 mi away
| | | | Walpi Tour
55.1 mi away
| |  | | Black Mesa 8,168 - Navajo County HP
58.1 mi away
| | | | Little Zion (Zionito) Trail
58.6 mi away
| | | | White Cliffs Loop Hike
59.1 mi away
| | | | Road Cut Trail
59.9 mi away
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| Fauna |
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Common side-blotched lizard |
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Rock Squirrel |
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Rock Wren |
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Wild horse |
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| Flora |
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Cottonwood |
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Fremont Cottonwood |
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Salt Cedar |
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Wild Bergamot |
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| Geology |
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De Chelly Formation |
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Shinarump Formation (Shinarump Conglomerate) |
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| Named place |
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument |
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Little White House Canyon |
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Spider Rock |
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| Culture |
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Chaco Anasazi Great House - Early |
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Chaco Anasazi Great Kiva |
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Inscriptions |
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Kayenta Anasazi Building - Unknown Function |
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Kayenta Anasazi Dwelling |
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Kayenta Anasazi Kiva |
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Kayenta Anasazi Storage Building |
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Navajo Hogan (Female) |
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Few places offer the beauty found within Canyon de Chelly. It's taken me over a year to calm down and share the experience. After years of reading books and seeing the pictures in Arizona Highways I knew someday I would go. You can go to Sedona and be wowed by all the vibrant colors. But only here does the subtle beauty blend so perfectly with the surrounding culture. The feeling was incomparable. Was it the natives plowing their fields. Possibly the baby lamb not over eighteen inches tall playing with the children. Or walking under the canopy of trees along the most touching canyon imaginable.
Standing on the edge, the hike down first appears daunting. Fear not as most should negotiate the short descent handily. Once on the canyon floor, the trail takes you on a stroll to the ruins. Anticipation builds with each step. The payoff being a full package of wow. The massive canyon wall cuts in near the base creating a large alcove to protect the ruins. |
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