Northeast Arizona Places

Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell
Lake Powell is the heart of the huge 1,254,429-acre Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Created by the barrier of Glen Canyon Dam in the Colorado River, Lake Powell is ringed by red cliffs that twist... (more)
The Hopi Mesas
The Hopi occupy 12 villages in regions referred to as First Mesa, Second Mesa, and Third Mesa. Although these areas have similar languages and traditions, each has its own individual features. Generations... (more)
Monument Valley
The magnificent Monument Valley stretches to the northeast of Kayenta into Utah. At a base altitude of about 5,500 feet, the sprawling, arid expanse was once populated by ancestral Puebloan people (more... (more)
Navajo Nation East
Land has always been central to the history of the Navajo people: it's embedded in their very name. The Tewa were the first to call them Navahu—which means "large area of cultivated land." But according... (more)
Navajo Nation West
The Hopi Reservation is like a doughnut hole surrounded by the Navajo Nation. If you approach the Grand Canyon from U.S. 89, via Flagstaff, north of the Wupatki National Monument, you'll find two significant... (more)

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