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MONUMENT VALLEY
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Experience the wonder of discovery among the buttes, mesas, canyons, and free standing rock formations that fill Monument Valley. The tranquility of the land, culture, and traditions infuse the valley with a uniquely Navajo flavor.

Monument Valley was created as material eroded from the ancestral Rocky Mountains, and was deposited and cemented into sandstone. The formations you see in the valley were left over after the forces of erosion worked their magic on the sandstone. A geologic uplift caused the surface to bulge and crack. Wind and water then eroded the land, and the cracks deepened and widened into gullies and canyons, which eventually became the scenery you see today. Natural forces continue to slowly shape the land.

GOULDINGS LODGE

This lodge rests at the foot of a red-rock mesa, in the heart of Monument Valley, surrounded by a surreal desert landscape and a Navajo reservation. The only game in town, this efficiently run two-story motel dates back to the 1930s and has boarded such Old West film stars as John Wayne and John Ford.

Four pink stucco buildings are terraced down the slope and house a casual restaurant,
trading post, museum, theater (for slideshows), grocery store, gas station and car wash, and way out here, guests are likely to need them all at some time or another. The lobby is simple and to-the-point, offering friendly service, samples from the trading post, and a good selection of Tony Hillerman books and John Wayne videos.