John Ford Point

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Valley Drive, located near the Utah-Arizona state line in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, is a 17-mile scenic loop through one of the most iconic landscapes in the Southwest, USA. This spot along the road is named John Ford Point, after the director who used it as a location for numerous Western films. Visitors can pay a few dollars to a local horse owner who is stationed in the parking lot to recreate the famous image of a horse rider perched on the edge of the plateau. This horse was aptly named “Pistol”.
Valley Drive, located near the Utah-Arizona state line in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, is a 17-mile scenic loop through one of the most iconic landscapes in the Southwest, USA. This spot along the road is named John Ford Point, after the director who used it as a location for numerous Western films. Visitors can pay a few dollars to a local horse owner who is stationed in the parking lot to recreate the famous image of a horse rider perched on the edge of the plateau. This horse was aptly named “Pistol”.
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Monument Valley, a red-sand desert region on the Arizona-Utah border, is known for the towering sandstone buttes of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. The park, frequently a filming location for Western movies, is accessed by the looping, 17-mile Valley Drive. The famous, steeply sloped Mittens buttes can be viewed from the road or from overlooks like John Ford’s Point.

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Goulding's Lodge

Goulding's Lodge

3 out of 5
1000 Main Street Oljato-Monument Valley UT
Located in Oljato-Monument Valley, Goulding's Lodge is a 1-minute drive from Goulding's Trading Post Museum and 11 minutes from Monument Valley Navajo Tribal ...
Clean and great staff. Nice restaurant that had nice food at reasonable prices. Gift shop was awesome and again reasonable prices. Great views and great vibe.

Reviewed on 6 Feb 2026

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The View Hotel

The View Hotel

2 out of 5
4 miles East Highway 163 Indian Route 42 Oljato-Monument Valley AZ
With a stay at The View Hotel in Oljato-Monument Valley, you'll be a 1-minute walk from Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park and 10 minutes by foot from Wildcat ...
The hotel has amazing views and is overall clean and well kept. The staff were very nice and were able to accommodate us a bit early. A few things did bother me though. Upon arriving to my room there a really strong smell of disinfectant which triggered my headache. The food from the restaurant was ...

Reviewed on 13 Mar 2025

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Take in the red rock views right off Highway 163 in newly built off-grid cabins!

Take in the red rock views right off Highway 163 in newly built off-grid cabins!

Monument Valley UT
The price is AU$252 per night from 11 Feb to 12 Feb
AU$252
per night
11 Feb - 12 Feb
With a stay at this cabin in Oljato-Monument Valley, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park and Sandstone Tours.
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Reviewed on 9 Nov 2025

Opens in a new windowTake in the red rock views right off Highway 163 in newly built off-grid cabins!
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