The valley was carved out of the Colorado Plateau by ancient rivers which left the majestic buttes rising above the valley floor.
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Landmark Trivia
- Monument Valley lies on the border of Utah and Arizona within the Navajo Nation Reservation.
- Since Monument Valley is on tribal land, it is not part of the U.S. National park system.
- The buttes have three layers or strata from bottom to top: shale, sandstone and siltstone.
- The red color of the valley is due to iron oxide in the siltstone sand.
- The valley was carved out of the Colorado Plateau by ancient rivers which left the majestic buttes rising above the valley floor.
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