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| Above, U.S. 163 a few miles north of Kayenta. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
To get to Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, the most popular route is U.S. 163 from Kayenta, Arizona. U.S. 160 is the east-west route through Kayenta and connects with U.S. 163 there. The town is known as the gateway to Monument Valley.
U.S. 163 is known these days as "Forrest Gump Road" as it was featured in the movie.
TheTravel posted an article on US. 163 and it begins with:
U.S. Route 163 is the famous "Forrest Grump" road. It is along this isolated highway where he suddenly decided to stop running, a point commonly known as "Forrest Gump Point". U.S. Route 163 has become one of the most iconic and stunning of the roads of the United States - or at least in the Southwest. It is a National Scenic Byway running straight through the heart of Monument Valley (internationally famous for the mesas and buttes rising from the valley). Few, if any, roads in the United States have appeared in so many movies and commercials as U.S. Route 163.
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