Beautiful view of Coal Mine Canyon. Located about 15 miles southeast of Tuba City. If you go please…read morebe respectful of the property and livestock. Place has a great history and folklore. You can see the coal seam in the rock. There are a few picnic tables and cooking grills. No signs and few people. The person who maintains the area lives nearby. There is no fee but donations are always appreciated. You may even be lucky enough to hear a story about living near this natural scenic wonder.

Are you tired of being surrounded by many tourists in Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and Antelope…read moreCanyon? If you are in that area, I highly recommend that you take a short side trip to "Coal Mine Canyon" in Tuba City. Coal Mine Canyon is not in most of guidebooks so you can enjoy the colorful canyon and the solitude. It is in the Navajo land and it is close to the eastern edge of Painted Desert. There is absolutely no sign to tell you where the canyon is so here is how to get there. 1. Drive to Tuba City on Route 160 2. There is only one major intersection in the city and from there, take Route 264 "South" 3. Drive about 15 miles or if you don't want to count the miles, drive your car at 60 mph for about 15 minutes. 4. You will see one new house and one windmill on your left. (Don't worry! These are the only structures around this area) 5. Turn left to the gravel road to go to the side of the house. 6. Park your car near the ruin of the old house after passing by the new house and walk to the rim of the canyon. When I got there with two other friends around 11:00 am, there was no other tourist. We enjoyed the canyon by walking around the rim for about an hour as if we had owned it. It was so quite and relaxing, just the sound of wind and the sound of a friend of mine urinating. If you have a chance to visit northern Arizona, I highly recommend you visit this hidden place!

Anthropology was my major. Dinosaur anything makes me all warm and fuzzy…read more This place is sooooooo hidden and so worth take the time to walk. I wish we had more time to spend. We arrived after having major car trouble. A Guide met us in the parking lot, and before we even got out of the car, told us we can make a donation of whatever we feel like after he took us to see some really amazing tracks. We saw raptor, t-Rex, eggs, and skulls. This was the biggest highlight of the entire road trip for me. No where else in the world will you be able to experience this. There is a small table of souvenirs, toy dinos, some Navajo jewelry and stones.... One really nice thing was a man making tomahawks and chatting with him about life and our trip. Take some time and just soak the moment in. There's a lot here to take away with you in your memories. It is rustic, off a dirt access road in the middle of nowhere. You don't think you're going anywhere and there's a stand that's if! Nothing fancy, but it's legit! I prefer the way it's run because it's not over done, fake and over priced. This was taking me back to college archeology class and being on a location excavation... without the hard work!

We randomly saw this on Google Maps and we're going to go to Tuba, AZ and decided to go for it…read more Most Navajo outlooks and stands close at 5 pm so we didn't know if we'd get in but we saw other families still there. We parked and were approached by a Navajo man named Joe who explained we would offer a donation and they'd show us around. We gave him cash and he showed us lots of fossils and dinosaur tracks that had solidified by the limestone. Also saw some fossilized eggs and plants. I asked who had discovered the dinosaurs here and he explained it was a British paleontologist named John West Wells who is one of the major dinosaur hunters in history. After about 20 minutes, we took photos, gave an extra tip and drove off. Most of the sales carts that were selling jewelry and other craft items had closed for the day, but no one was anything which was nice. Worth it just for views and a fun different experience. Also happy to support the nova nation.