| Type of Place: |
Basketmaker, Ancestral Puebloan and Historic Navajo sites |
| Ownership: |
National Park Service |
| Contact: |
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, P.O. Box 588, Chinle, AZ 86503 |
| Telephone: |
(928) 674-5500 |
| Email: |
ailema_benally
@nps.gov |
| Website: |
Canyon De Chelly |
| Hours: |
Visitor Center open daily: Oct - Apr: 8 am - 5 pm; May - Sept: 8 am - 6 pm |
| Entrance Fee: |
Varies |
| Guided Tours: |
All hikes except White House Ruin require a Navajo guide. |
| Notes: |
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| Nearby Heritage Sites: |
Hubble Trading Post
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Site Summary: At the base of sheer red cliffs and in canyon wall caves are the remains of Indian villages built between AD 350 and 1300. Canyon de Chelly National Monument offers visitors the chance to learn about Southwestern Indian history from the earliest basketmakers to the Navajo Indians who live and farm there today.
Photograph of Canyon De Chelly National Monument © Adriel Heisey
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