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CANYON
DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA |
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| Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National
Monument, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona. |
| Canyon de
Chelly was established in 1931 as a National Monument encompassing three major canyons.
The park is close to the town of Chinle in northeastern Arizona. Canyon de Chelly is
unique among National Park service units, as it is comprised entirely of Navajo Tribal
Trust Land that remains home to the canyon community. Canyon de Chelly National Monument
offers visitors the chance to learn about Southwestern Indian history, at the base of
sheer red cliffs and in canyon wall caves are ruins of Indian villages built between AD
350 and 1300. The most impressive structures are large cliff dwellings, built between 1100
and 1300 in the Pueblo period. The Anasazi left the area around 1300. The monument is
formed by the Canyon de Chelly and the adjoining Canyon del Muerto that join a few miles
upstream from the visitors center. A paved scenic rim drive with viewpoints along each
canyon, each rim drive takes about two hours. |
Il
Canyon de Chelly fu dichiarato monumento nazionale nel 1931 racchiudendo nei suoi confini
tre canyons. Il parco si trova nelle vicinanze della cittadina di Chinle nel nord-est
dell'Arizona. Il Canyon de Chelly è unico poichè è contenuto interamente nella terra
tribale dei Navajo. Il Canyon de Chelly permette ai visitatori di conoscere la storia
degli indiani del sud-ovest, alla base della parete di pietre rosse del canyon ci sono
interessanti rovine di villaggi indiani costruiti fra gli anni 350 e 1300. Le strutture
più impressionanti sono le grandi dimore costruite fra il 1100 e il 1300 nel periodo
Pueblo. Gli Anasazi lasciarono la zona verso il 1300. Il monumento nazionale è costituito
dal Canyon de Chelly ed dal contiguo Canyon del Muerto che si uniscono pochi km
oltre il visitor center. Una strada scenica asfaltata corre lungo l'orlo dei canyons con
stupendi belvederi lungo ogni canyon, per fare ognuni dei due percorsi panramici occorrono
circa due ore. |
| Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National
Monument, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona. |
| Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National
Monument, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona. |
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo
Indian Reservation, Arizona. |
 
| Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Navajo
Indian Reservation, Arizona. |
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| ARIZONA |
GRAND CANYON National Park |
METEOR CRATER |
PETRIFIED FOREST National Park |
CANYON DE CHELLY National Monument |
LAKE POWELL |
| CALIFORNIA |
SAN FRANCISCO |
LOS ANGELES |
REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK |
FORT ROSS STATE HISTORIC PARK |
SPANISH MISSIONS of CALIFORNIA:
Carmel, Monterey, San Juan Bautista |
| MONTANA |
LAKE MC DONALD, LOGAN PASS Glacier National
Park |
LAKE ST. MARY Glacier National Park |
MANY GLACIER Glacier National Park |
| NEVADA |
LAS VEGAS |
| OREGON |
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE Multnomah Falls |
OREGON COAST NORTH Ecola State Park,
Cannon Beach, Three Capes, Cape Foulweather, Heceta Head |
OREGON COAST CENTRAL Oregon Dunes,
Cape Arago, Bandon |
OREGON COAST SOUTH Cape Blanco, Cape
Sebastian |
OREGON COAST SOUTH Samuel Boardman
State Park and Scenic Corridor |
| UTAH |
MONUMENT VALLEY Navajo Tribal Park |
GOOSENECKS of the San Juan River State
Park |
NATURAL BRIDGES National Monument |
CANYONLANDS THE NEEDLES
National Park |
NEWSPAPER ROCK State Historical Monument |
ARCHES National Park |
DEAD HORSE POINT State Park |
CANYONLANDS ISLAND IN THE SKY National
Park |
CAPITOL REEF National Park |
BRYCE CANYON National Park |
BRYCE CANYON National Park TRAIL |
GROSVENOR ARCH |
RED CANYON |
ZION National Park |
 SALT LAKE
CITY |
| WASHINGTON |
SEATTLE |
| WYOMING |
YELLOWSTONE National Park
Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hot Springs |
YELLOWSTONE National
Park Yellowstone River Canyon, Falls, Hayden Valley, Old
Faithful |
GRAND TETON National Park |
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