2025年3月6日 · Visitors may visit Betatakin by joining the scheduled NPS guided hikes. Keet Seel : Generally, NPS staff offers special overnight trips to Keet Seel (Kawestima) from May through September. The park does not allow unsupervised visits to the site.

Navajo National Monument is a national monument located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Nation territory in northern Arizona, which was established to preserve three well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people: Keet Seel (Broken Pottery) (Kitsʼiil), Betatakin (Ledge House) (Bitátʼahkin), and Inscription House ...

2024年10月1日 · Springs fed into 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 …

2012年7月16日 · Betatakin, part of Navajo National Monument, occupies a large cave in the north wall of an unnamed south fork of Laguna Canyon,1 which latter empties into Tyende Creek at Marsh Pass. Betatakin means “House Built on a Ledge” in Navajo.

2024年9月26日 · The Betatakin Cliff Dwellings can be seen from a 1/4 mile distance so bringing binoculars is recommended. The trail is paved with a 150 feet elevation change. The trail generally takes 30 minutes to walk the entire length depending on …

2003年8月24日 · Betatakin (meaning ledge house ) is a large cluster of well-preserved cliff dwellings thought to have been inhabited by the Anasazi during the latter 1200s. Betatakin is visible from an overlook on the Sandal Trail, but one ranger-led tour into the ruin itself is given each day in the the summer season (A second tour may be offered at 11:00 am ...

2018年4月28日 · We’d heard about Betatakin Ruins, an ancient ancestral Puebloan settlement, from Eric and Laurel who had hiked it a couple of years ago. Reading her post about the guided hike piqued our interest in the tightly-protected ruins.

Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona offers guided tours of two outstanding cliff dwellings dating to the 13th century, Betatakin and Keet Seel.

Betatakin is the cliff dwelling you can view from across the canyon at the end of the Sandal Trail. To view it more closely, you can take a strenuous five-mile round-trip hike, which takes from four to five hours.

Betatakin is one of the best preserved Anasazi cliff dwellings that can be found anywhere in the southwestern United States. Those wishing to visit the site must sign up in person for one of the free guided tours that are offered daily at 8:15 and 10:15 MDT between Memorial Day and …