Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Canyon de Chelly National Monument is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,791 m. Tsaile Butte stands 2,738 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Antelope Point, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1791 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road
- 14.9 mi off the Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ledge Ruin Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blade Rock: 0.9 mi
- Dog Rock: 1.5 mi
- Refuge Rock: 3.6 mi
- Navajo Fortress: 4.4 mi
- Standing Rock: 5.2 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 3.2 mi
- Mud Springs: 6.8 mi
- Valley Store Spring: 8.9 mi
- Hard Spring: 10.1 mi
- Elephant Grass Spring: 10.8 mi
- Antelope Point: 0.6 mi
- Spider Rock: 9.5 mi
- Sheep Point: 9.7 mi
- Red Rock Rim: 10.8 mi
- Lohali Point: 17.2 mi
- Little White House Ruins: 3.2 mi
- Canyon De Chelly Cave Dwelling: 9.2 mi
- Three Turkey Ruins: 10.1 mi
- Three Turkey Ruins Navajo Tribal Park: 10.3 mi
- Snake Springs Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Hope Arch: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsaile Butte | ENE 69° | 2,738 m | 23.6 mi |
| Sonsela Buttes | E 99° | 2,709 m | 23.0 mi |
| White Cone | E 85° | 2,569 m | 24.0 mi |
| Fluted Rock | SE 142° | 2,528 m | 23.6 mi |
| Tse Da Ahoodzo Peak | WNW 296° | 2,331 m | 18.8 mi |
| Upper Forest Mountain | SE 141° | 2,309 m | 15.1 mi |
| Ata Deeza | E 92° | 2,301 m | 11.9 mi |
| Little Middle Mesa | ENE 79° | 2,264 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:01 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 37 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon DE Chelly, 2 mi away.
- silverleaf nightshade13 obs
- Colorado Pinyon12 obs
- Whipple Cholla12 obs
- Sonoran scrub oak9 obs
- Plateau Fence Lizard9 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard7 obs
- Woolly Locoweed7 obs
- Rocky Mountain Beeplant5 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359287202
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