Approaching the Arizona/Utah border from the north via US Highway 163 travelers can see possibly the most famous view in the Southwest –Monument Valley. It is a small part of the 16 million acre Navajo Reservation. The valley itself is 9,696 acres of wide flat desert with rich red buttes, mesas and canyons. The rock formations that stand-alone and rise hundreds of feet are the last remnants of the sandstone layers that once covered the region |
