Road Alignment

This overlook on the Trail of the Ancients byway sits at 6,249 feet, facing 210 degrees, with the land dropping 132 feet within 600 meters of the pull-off. Chacoan Stairway, a feature to the south-southwest, is visible at a distance of 0.5 miles and an elevation of 6,303 feet. Chaco Canyon, a viewpoint also to the southwest at 0.5 miles, sits lower at 6,139 feet. The nearest towns are Lake Valley, 11.7 miles west, Pueblo Pintado, 17.9 miles east-southeast, and Crownpoint, 28.0 miles south-southwest, none within easy walking distance. Sunrise and sunset times vary by season: around 7:16 a.m. and 7:24 p.m. at the March equinox, 5:56 a.m. and 8:33 p.m. at the June solstice, 7:00 a.m. and 7:10 p.m. at the September equinox, and 7:20 a.m. and 5:02 p.m. at the December solstice. Ramp View is the previous lookout along this stretch of the byway.