The Top 16 Natural Monuments in Apache County
Apache County’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 16
beautiful natural monuments in Apache County. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in Apache County. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: September 30, 2025
On this 1 mile roundtrip, you descend from the mesa and hike on the alternately paved and gravel trail loop. It offers the unique experience of hiking among badland hills …
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Kachina Point serves as the trailhead for the Painted Desert Rim Trail, which travels along the Painted Desert to Tawa Point.
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Erosion has excavated this chunk of petrified wood from the surrounding landscape. It now sits prominently against a backdrop of striated plateaus.
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It's truly beautiful to see all the crystals in the petrified trees. An easy trail to hike.
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Spider Rock is one of the very special places in Canyon de Chelly. It is very pleasant to go to this unique point of view at sunset and sunrise. It's …
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A 100-foot-long petrified log lies mostly exposed on the edge of Agate Mesa. Forty feet of its length spans a gap in the rock, forming a natural bridge. Afraid the …
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Window Rock is the seat of the Navajo tribal government. It is in this small town that the decisions concerning this immense reserve and its inhabitants are made. The city …
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Really very impressive to see all the colours.
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Jasper Forest is a concentrated collection of petrified wood that has eroded out of the surrounding landscape. The trail joins with a disused Civilian Conservation Corps road at its end. …
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At the end of the trail, it climbs in elevation to the Escudilla Mountain Lookout. This vantage point provides panoramic views from Arizona’s third-highest mountain above stands of spruce, fir, and aspen trees to the surrounding countryside.
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