Navajo Mountain, Utah

[Riverkilt]

Navajo Mountain is both an actual mountain - 10,384 feet high - its also a small settlement on the Utah Strip of the Navajo reservation. The settlement is called the most remote place in the lower 48 of the United States. Know it was a 93 mile drive from Page to get there.

Navajo Mountain, the mountain, is a highly visible landmark in the area. Its sacred in Navajo spiritual beliefs - and to the communications industry who has all sorts of towers up on the top. Back in the 1860s when Kit Carson and the cavalry were rounding up Navajo people to walk them to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico, Navajo Mountain, and the mazes of canyons in the foothills of the mountain provided refuge for the Navajo people to escape from the cavalry.

The terrain approaching the mountain is a mix of Zion, Moab, Sedona, and rezlands. Breath-taking views so vast that the camera can't capture them.

Took these shots in the little Navajo settlement of Navajo Mountain. The sheep and goats graze freely around town.



I'm guessing I may be the first kilted guy to ever set foot in the settlement of Navajo Mountain.





For any cousins out there the kilt is Macdonald of the Isles weathered hunting hand sewn by Kathy Lare.

An interesting side light to this settlement is that the only way to it is from Arizona, and its located in Utah, its not uncommon for Navajo folks who get in legal trouble in Arizona to "hide out" in Navajo Mountain until things cool off.

If you're into geography, look at the area of SE Utah that's between Lake Powell and the Arizona boarder.

[brewerpaul]

Great photos, I think the desert southwest into Arizona and Utah is gorgeous country.

[GMan]

I remember going to that area in my preKilt days, for the remoteness of it. Still great looking area. Thanks Ron.

[chewse]

Ron, you provide us with such great views of the expansive Southwest. In the photos, I often times see you standing in or near brush that I perceive to be possible homes for snakes. Have you had any close calls?

[KiltedDixon]

Love your pics and comments. Thanks.

[Riverkilt]

Glen, Navajo Mountain is also the jumping off point for taking a loooong trail down to Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Folks still take that trip even though you can now boat to the monument on Lake Powell.

Been out in this country over ten years now and have yet to see a rattlesnake in the wild. Which amazes me since down on the Sonoran Desert around Phoenix and Tucson I saw them all the time. I still hike with a snake awareness though.