Kayenta

The high-desert landscape around Kayenta is marked by broad sandstone mesas, dry washes and sparse vegetation, which have shaped both the town’s low-rise form and its economy of road, lodging and local services. Set within the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, Kayenta is an important crossroads on US routes 160 and 163. Black Mesa and the red-rock buttes of Monument Valley define the wider Navajo Country, while Navajo National Monument preserves ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings west of town. Diné culture is central to daily life here; Navajo is widely spoken, and local businesses connect travellers with communities spread across the reservation. Continue through nearby webcams to explore other parts of the Navajo Nation and northeastern Arizona.

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