Little Colorado River Gorge Overlook

Introduction:

What? :

At this point you have a large Navajo Tribal Park with many stands, small shops, Native made crafts, and a viewpoint overlooking the deep Little Colorado River Gorge.

 

Where? :

From highway 89 when you are driving west from Cameron, AZ on highway 64 drive 11.4 miles you will see on your right-side entrance to Little Colorado River Gorge Navajo Tribal Park. 

If you are coming from Grand Canyon National Park Desert View this will be 22 miles drive.

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When? :

The location is open year-round.

Summer months are very hot and Winter is cold and might have snowstorms.

 

 

 

Due note 1:

When we visit here during Sep. 2024 it looks like they are planning to charge for entrance fee.

There was a new large parking lot, and they have here restrooms and option to do picnic in a shaded area.

 

Due note 2:

During off tourist season you can see that only few stands/stores are open.

 

 

 

My thoughts:

This was a very short stop on our way from Page AZ to the Grand Canyon Desert View.

When we visit here only few stands were open and we quickly went to the viewing platform and went back to our car.

 

 

 

The visit:

The Little Colorado River begins at Mount Baldy in the White Mountains of central Arizona, stretches over almost 340 miles of northeast Arizona before reaching the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

The lower 57.2 miles, west of Cameron, AZ, is known as the Little Colorado River Gorge.

Here the year-round flowing river forms one of the largest arms of the Grand Canyon, over 3,000 feet deep Canyon. During the summer months, its mineral content transforms its waters color into wight-blue color.

All this area is part of Navajo Nation area, the largest Native American reservation spanning over most of northeast Arizona.

 

 

The river gorge at Navajo Tribal Park is over a thousand feet deep, cutting deep into the high rock plateau. To see the bottom of the gorge, you must walk all the way down to the viewing platform to see the deep narrow gorge from the edge of the cliff.

There are guardrail on the cliff edge, and it is safe to walk up to the edge.

Short visit, taking few pictures and we were back in our car, on our way to the Grand Canyon.

 

 

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