Monument Valley is officially a large area that includes much of the area surrounding Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, a Navajo Nation equivalent to a national park. Oljato, for example, is also within the area designated as Monument Valley.
Visitors may pay an access fee and drive through the park on a 17-mile (27 km) dirt road (a 2-3 hour trip). Parts of Monument Valley, such as Mystery Valley and Hunts Mesa, are accessible only by guided tour.
Date of visit: December 14-15, 2018
A relaxing stay in the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. I stayed in The View Hotel – the only hotel inside the park. They have cabins and the regular rooms (all facing east) with wonderful view of the park. Both expensive, though. However, they have these ‘inexpensive’ rooms called the Driver’s Room – a small no-view room. The room still has all the amenities you need – it’s no different from a regular hotel/motel room, I’d say. The one I got has a window with a parking lot view – a view of my car parked overnight. 🙂
The day was spent on the Valley Drive, a 17 mile unpaved dirt road that gives you a view of the several highlights of the park. The following day was just a short trip back to the spot where Forrest finally stopped running in the movie, Forrest Gump, with an amazing view of the Monument Valley area.
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