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Attractions near Red Mesa

From Red Mesa, 35 mi to Shiprock

Most of what there is to see is parks & monuments: 3 of 5. Red Mesa itself has none of them. Some 3.7M visitors a year come to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The best-known trip out is to Mesa Verde National Park, 47 mi away.

Attractions nearby
14
within 60 miles
The big one
18 mi
Four Corners Monument
National park units
6
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Landmark · 18 mi east

Four Corners Monument

Monument at the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

At the edge of the map sits Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, 36 mi out.

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Orange: Red Mesa. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every one of them

You will find all 14 within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Red Mesa → · Red Mesa’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mesa Verde National Park: Elaine from Sheffield, England, CC BY 2.0 · Shiprock: Bowie Snodgrass, CC BY 2.0 · Four Corners Monument: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cliff Palace: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bears Ears National Monument: U.S. Geological Surey, Public domain · Canyon de Chelly National Monument: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hovenweep National Monument: teofilo, CC BY 2.0 · Canyons of the Ancients National Monument: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain · Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: User:Moondigger, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Natural Bridges National Monument: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yucca House National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · Anasazi Heritage Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum: Scott Catron (talk · contribs). On flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0

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