Navajo National Monument • Arizona

view from inside the Betatakin Cliff Dwelling looking out.

For centuries, the Hopi, San Juan Southern Paiute, Zuni, and Navajo people have lived in the canyons. Springs fed farmlands on the canyon floor and homes were built in the natural sandstone alcoves. The cliff dwellings of Betatakin, Keet Seel, and Inscription House were last physically occupied around 1300 AD but the villages have a spiritual presence that can still be felt today.

Betatakin Cliff Dwelling was home to the Ancestral Puebloans over 700 years ago.
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Houses made of sandstone, mud mortar, and wood are sheltered in a cliff alcove.

Learn more about the ancestral ways of life of the alcove dwellers and how modern tribal members have kept that heritage alive.

Park Rangers in front of Visitor Center

Find out what is offered at the park at this time. The park is free and open year-round.

A group visiting Betatakin with a ranger

Ranger led Canyon Hikes to Betatakin are offered.

A river snakes through a broad desert landscape.

Register for these overnight hikes starting in March. Please know your limit and prepare for a strenuous guided hike to Keet Seel.

Last updated: May 1, 2026

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P.O. Box 7717
Shonto, AZ 86054

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928 672-2700
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