Dennehotso Recreation Area
Dennehotso Recreation Area is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,541 m. Agathla stands 2,164 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Point, a peak 5.7 miles away. Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1541 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway
- 19.0 mi off the Monument Valley to Bluff Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road
- 24.0 mi off the Trail of the Ancients, National
Overlooks nearby
- Redlands · 19 mi
- Forrest Gump Point · 20 mi
- Mexican Hat Rock · 24 mi
- Goosenecks Viewpoint · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Point: 5.7 mi
- Skinny Mesa: 7.1 mi
- Yazzie Mesa: 8.1 mi
- Rooster Rock: 8.9 mi
- Meridian Butte: 9.1 mi
- Rooster Rock: 8.9 mi
- Pillars Canyon: 11.2 mi
- Big Hogan: 13.0 mi
- Moccasin Arch: 13.0 mi
- Ear of the Wind: 13.1 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 9.2 mi
- Sunnyside Spring: 11.2 mi
- Tah nih choa ah Spring: 13.6 mi
- Hogansaani Spring: 19.0 mi
- Al Tse Toh: 19.3 mi
- Monument Valley Visitor Center: 17.2 mi
- Gouldings Museum and Trading Post: 22.4 mi
- Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit: 23.1 mi
- hogan: 23.1 mi
- sweat lodge: 23.1 mi
- Thunderbird Mesa: 13.6 mi
- Brigham Young's Tomb: 19.2 mi
- Brick Arch: 21.5 mi
- Hat Rock: 24.7 mi
- Baby Rocks: 9.0 mi
- Gray Point: 13.5 mi
- White Point: 21.8 mi
- Navajo Ancient Wall Murals: 13.4 mi
- Navajo Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
- San Juan Trading Post: 22.2 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 14.6 mi
- Mexican Water Recreation Area: 15.5 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Dennehotso Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agathla | W 269° | 2,164 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mitchell Mesa | NW 306° | 2,004 m | 16.8 mi |
| Eagle Mesa | NW 317° | 2,002 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sentinel Mesa | NW 312° | 1,956 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hunts Mesa | WNW 291° | 1,940 m | 12.2 mi |
| Small White Mesa | SW 219° | 1,899 m | 20.8 mi |
| East Mitten | NW 314° | 1,898 m | 15.7 mi |
| Merrick Butte | NW 310° | 1,892 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 43 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument Valley, 18 mi away.
- Turkey Vulture1 obs
- Chipping Sparrow1 obs
- Domestic Dog1 obs
- Say's Stink Bug1 obs
- Paranthaclisis congener1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359257559
Day trips start here
- Mexican Hat · 22 mi
- Kayenta · 23 mi
- Goosenecks State Park · 24 mi
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