Kayenta’s Navajo name is Tó Dínéeshzheeʼ, “Fingers of Water,” for the way rainwater runs down the rock formations around town. This map prints the Kayenta Chapter House, Monument Valley High School, Kayenta Community School, Debbie Braff Elementary School, Baker Middle School and the Kayenta Rodeo Grounds, with Laguna Creek giving shape to the land.
Kayenta is a town of the Navajo Nation in Navajo County.
KNOWOL made this map in 2026 and gave it the look of an old atlas. The shaded relief of the landscape comes from United States Geological Survey elevation data, and the streets were drawn from Census Bureau files. Kayenta stands where U.S. Route 160 meets the southern end of U.S. Route 163, 25 miles south of Monument Valley, and 5,189 people lived here at the 2010 census.
The Navajo Nation’s only township
The Kayenta Township was established on November 13, 1986, and it’s the only township under the laws of the Navajo Nation and the only municipal-style government on the Nation. A five-member town board, elected by residents, hires the township manager. Kayenta is also the name of a chapter, the Navajo Nation’s political division that works much like a county does in a state, and the Kayenta Chapter takes in land in both Arizona and Utah, which is why the Nation’s census figures for the chapter differ from the town’s. The Kayenta Chapter House is printed on this sheet. Kayenta is one of the seven police districts of the Navajo Nation, too. The rest of Arizona doesn’t observe daylight saving time, but the Navajo Nation does.
Monument Valley, Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, “valley of the rocks,” lies to the north, and the Navajo Nation holds it sacred. Kayenta’s hotels and motels serve visitors to Monument Valley. The town has a large recreation center with a skate park and an outdoor park with playgrounds just outside, and on the east side of town Kayenta Airport handles small planes for air tours and air ambulances.
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Names on this map
These names are printed on this map.
Streets and roads: Comb Ridge Rd, Dam Rd and Indian Rte 1.
Schools and the rodeo
Monument Valley High School was built in the mid-1950s and graduated its first class in 1962. The first building was round, made to resemble a traditional hogan, with a wood-floored basketball court in the center and classrooms ringed around it. It burned near the end of the 1978 school year, and the current building went up in its place that same year. In 1991 the school opened the 3,800-seat Nash Center, named for Lucinda and Robert Nash, coaches who are considered legends on the Navajo Reservation and in Kayenta. Lucinda Nash coached the Lady Mustangs volleyball team to 37 state championships, and Robert Nash coached the girls basketball team to four. The arena was the largest on the Navajo Nation until 2006.
The Kayenta Unified School District runs Debbie Braff Elementary School, once Kayenta Intermediate and Kayenta Elementary, and Baker Middle School, once Kayenta Middle School; the new names honor people from the community. Kayenta Community School is a kindergarten through eighth grade school run by the Bureau of Indian Education, also known as Kayenta Boarding School, for day and boarding students. Every year the Kayenta Fourth of July Rodeo runs from July 1 to 4, with the “Best of the Best” and fireworks on the Fourth. The All Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association has named it Rodeo of the Year six times and Outstanding Rodeo twice. The Kayenta Rodeo Grounds and Laguna Creek have their places on the sheet as well.
This map of Kayenta is a good addition to an office, library or den, and it can help teach children the geography and history of the area. It’s made for anyone who calls Kayenta home, and KNOWOL created it in 2026 to show the town as it looks today. Zoom in on the preview above to explore the details, then click here to get your copy of the Kayenta map.
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