Rock Formation · New Mexico

Shiprock

A 1,500-ft volcanic monolith sacred to the Diné

TypeRock Formation
StateNew Mexico
Best seasonSpring & fall
How to visitView from public roads only; on Navajo land — climbing prohibited

A lone volcanic neck rising 1,500 feet off the high desert of the Navajo Nation, with radiating walls of rock spilling away like wings. It’s sacred to the Diné — admired and photographed from the surrounding roads, not climbed.

The shot

The peak and its radiating dikes at dusk.

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