<< Our Photo Pages >> Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The Southwest
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Multi-periodSite Name: Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin Alternative Name: Bitat'ahkinCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 51.821 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kayenta, AZ
Latitude: 36.684200N Longitude: 110.5345W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The ruin may be seen from a road overview from across the canyon. A ranger guided hike is made to Betatakin once a day in the summer and on weekends during the winter. The 5 mile round trip hike makes an elevation change of 700 feet each way.
The ceiling of the overhang above the ruins is considered less than stable. Hikes in the 1970's went up among the buildings, but that appears to no longer be allowed, or has been periodically forbidden.
Betatakin is part of the National Park Service's Navajo National Monument and lies completely within the Navajo Reservation. The park has two small campgrounds and small visitor center.
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