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Navajo Lake is a reservoir located in San Juan County and Rio Arriba County [1] in northwestern New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. Portions of the reservoir extend into Archuleta County in southern Colorado .
Navajo Lake and back side of Navajo Dam. Navajo is a rolled earthfill embankment dam, composed of three "zones" of alternating cobbles, gravel, sand and clay. The dam is 402 feet (123 m) high and 3,648 feet (1,112 m) long, with a width of 2,566 feet (782 m) at the base and 30 feet (9.1 m) at the crest.
The term Navajo Pueblitos, also known as Dinétah Pueblitos, refers to a class of archaeological sites that are found in the northwestern corner of the American state of New Mexico. The sites generally consist of relatively small stone and timber structures which are believed to have been built by the Navajo people in the late 17th and early ...
The community is served by Navajo Routes 12 and 31. Route 12 leads south 12 miles (19 km) to Fort Defiance, Arizona, and north 6 miles (10 km) to New Mexico State Road 134 in Crystal, while Route 31 leads east into the Chuska Mountains. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Navajo CDP has a total area of 2.25 square miles (5.8 km 2), all ...
Navajo Mountain (Navajo: Naatsisʼáán meaning "Earth Head" [3]) is a peak in San Juan County, Utah, with its southern flank extending into Coconino County, Arizona, in the United States. [4] It holds an important place in the traditions of three local Native American tribes.
Navajo Upper Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest, on Navajo land east of Lechee, Arizona.It includes six separate, scenic slot canyon sections on the Navajo Reservation, referred to as Upper Antelope Canyon (or The Crack), Rattle Snake Canyon, Owl Canyon, Mountain Sheep Canyon, Canyon X [4] and Lower Antelope Canyon (or The Corkscrew). [2]
Navajo State Park in Colorado and Navajo Lake State Park in New Mexico provide boating, water-skiing, fishing, and shoreline camping; two marinas are located in the New Mexico portion of the lake. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] The 6 miles (9.7 km) of river from below Navajo Dam to Gobernador Wash are known as one of the best trout fishing waters in the ...
Navajo State Park is a state park of Colorado, USA, on the north shore of Navajo Lake. Touted as Colorado's answer to Lake Powell, this reservoir on the San Juan River begins in Colorado's San Juan Mountains and extends 20 miles (32 km) into New Mexico. Its area is 15,000 acres (6,100 ha), and it has 150 miles (240 km) of shoreline in two states.