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| Above, The Mittens at dusk. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Monument Valley may not be a national park (it is a Navajo Tribal Park), but it is worth a visit.
The tribal park is best known for being the backdrop for many westerns directed by John Ford such as Stagecoach, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Seachers and My Darling Clementine.
The Atlantic has a photo essay of several photographs of Monument Valley that are worth a look at.
They begin it with:
Monument Valley sits on the Utah-Arizona border, within the Navajo Nation reservation. The iconic sandstone buttes that dot the valley floor can mostly be accessed or viewed from Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, which—though instantly recognizable—has many fewer visitors annually than the nearby Grand Canyon. Gathered here, a collection of images of some of the many moods of the valley, from wild storms to dusky evenings to bright, sunlit panoramas.
To view them, go here.
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