Window Rock Navajo Tribal Park & Veterans Memorial
Window Rock (Tségháhoodzání)
The emblem of the Navajo capital: a huge round hole in a sandstone cliff, with the Navajo Code Talkers memorial below.
Window Rock (Navajo: Tségháhoodzání, meaning 'perforated rock') is in Window Rock, Arizona, the administrative capital of the Navajo Nation, about 40 kilometers from Gallup. On a red sandstone cliff is a natural round hole about 15 meters across. Beneath it stand a statue commemorating the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II and a veterans' memorial park, next to the Navajo Nation Council building. The park is free to enter, and it is a few minutes' walk from where you park. It can be toured together with the Navajo Nation Museum and the Navajo Nation Zoo and Botanical Park in half a day. Note that Arizona does not observe daylight saving time while the Navajo Nation does, so check the local time.
Opening hours
Approx. 08:00–17:00 (free)
Nearby sights
- Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park
- Navajo Nation Museum
- High Desert Trail System
- Richardson's Trading Company
- Gallup History Museum (Rex Hotel)
- Historic Route 66 Downtown Gallup
- Gallup Cultural Center
- El Rancho Hotel & Motel