Worth the trip from Rock Point: Four Corners Monument, 38 mi off
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area sees about 3.7M visitors a year. Our list finds nothing inside Rock Point, but 3 places within 40 miles. The mix takes in a landmark, a national monument and a national recreation area. Go 43 mi out for Shiprock.
Shiprock
Sacred monadnock in San Juan County, New Mexico.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
At 39 mi, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is the farthest one out.
Orange: Rock Point. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
The list runs to 7 places, all within 60 miles.
2Four Corners Monument
Monument at the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States.
3Canyon de Chelly National Monument
National monument in Apache County, Arizona.
4Hovenweep National Monument
US national monument in San Juan County, Utah, and Montezuma County, Colorado in the United States.
5Navajo National Monument
National monument in northern Arizona, USA.
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7Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Recreation area in Utah and Arizona in the United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Rock Point → · Rock Point’s history →
Photo credits
Shiprock: Bowie Snodgrass, CC BY 2.0 · Four Corners Monument: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Canyon de Chelly National Monument: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hovenweep National Monument: teofilo, CC BY 2.0 · Navajo National Monument: Jon Sullivan, Public domain · Canyons of the Ancients National Monument: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain · Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: User:Moondigger, CC BY-SA 2.5
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