Scenic route
Monument Valley (US-163)
US-163 runs the long, straight approach into Monument Valley, where red sandstone buttes rise 1,000 feet from the desert floor — the backdrop of a hundred Westerns and the famous “Forrest Gump” road.
Why drive it
The most iconic straightaway in the West.
The mile-marker-13 viewpoint is the classic photo; the valley itself is a Navajo Tribal Park with a scenic loop. Sunrise and sunset set the buttes on fire.
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
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