Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau
characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000
ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line
(around 36°59′N 110°6′WCoordinates: 36°59′N 110°6′W), near the Four Corners area.
The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is
accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
Monument Valley has been featured in
many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a
number of his best-known films, and thus, in the words of critic Keith Phipps,
"its five square miles have defined what decades of moviegoers
think of when they imagine the American West."
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