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Landform

Monument Valley’s quiet twin. The same red buttes, a dirt loop, almost no people.

Field note

Cedar Mesa sandstone, the same family as the famous buttes south of the line. A 17-mile dirt road. Mexican Hat is close. Monument Valley gets the traffic.

A private leaf

Prints from Valley of the Gods


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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Opening the leaf…

Onward

A day's country


The nearest plates, by the miles.

Desert chapter

More desert destinations


Other US desert plates. See all desert destinations in the USA

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On the chart


Vintage map of the United States