Lace up your hiking boots and explore White House Ruins trail on your own, or enlist the services of a guide to access more of the canyon via ranger-led programs or Jeep or horseback excursions offered by authorized Navajo guides. Hike or bike the mile loop road around the canyon and get a bird's eye view of crimson-red walls and cliffs and the lush green cottonwood trees, livestock, corn fields and homes that dot the bottom of the canyon.
Or stay at one of the hotels in Chinle. Open daily, sunrise — sunset, year-round Visitor Center: Open daily, 8 a. Entrance Fees: Free. Visit Destination Website. Beyond the rocks, the main canyon continues unseen for many miles.
Canyon de Chelly Overlooks - descriptions and photographs of 19 overlooks along the canyon edge. Tsegi Overlook. However, unsupervised access is restricted to the rim overlooks and to a single trail into the canyon, leading to the White House Ruins , as for all other trips down or along the canyon, a Navajo escort is required. The ruins date from about and are some of the oldest in the canyon. The trailhead is located seven miles along the South Rim Drive; the 1.
Guides and backcountry permits are needed if hiking any other trail in the national monument - South Rim routes include the short path into the canyon at Tunnel Overlook the westernmost viewpoint , and the Zuni Trail and White Sands Trail near Sliding Rock Overlook. Tunnel Overlook. Camping The national monument has a well-stocked visitor center, near which is an excellent campsite Cottonwood Campground with basic facilities - though no showers - and plenty of sites, nestled beneath large cottonwood trees.
For many years there was no charge to stay here, but fees have been collected since April Like Chinle itself, the site is visited by quite a few stray dogs, but they tend to be friendly and well-behaved. There are still many unexcavated sites here available for future study. Spanish Exactly when Europeans first became aware of this area is uncertain, but a Spanish map includes the location of Canyon de Chelly.
By , Spanish troops had entered the region, not to collect antiquities, but to subjugate the Navajo Indians. Evidence of this event is seen on pictographs within the canyon. Americans Later, American military explorations and war campaigns against the Navajo sometimes included men with scientific training assigned to gather information.
In , Lieutenant James H. Simpson of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, recorded several of the archeological sites in the canyon, including one he called Casa Blanca White House because of a white-plastered room in its upper portion.
He also noted similarities between the construction methods used in this region and those used in the ruined pueblos of Chaco Canyon only 75 miles to the east, which he had previously visited. Ever since then, Canyon de Chelly has been subjected to a disparate procession of exploitations and explorations, from individual and institutional pot-hunting raids, to legitimate, extensive archeological survey and excavation projects. By , looting ruins was a common practice, and Canyon de Chelly became a magnet for collectors and plunderers.
Charles Day and his son Sam built a trading post at Chinle in The U. Department of Interior appointed the elder Day caretaker of Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto in , which offered an excellent opportunity to excavate and remove artifacts from many sites.
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