South Rim Drive - Chinle, AZ - a drive that dead ends in the Canyon de Chelly

South Rim Drive located in Chinle, Arizona ends at Spider Rocks over look. The over look is made up of two identical eight hundred foot towers of rock that are isolated from the walls of the canyon. A Navajo legend tells of a Spider Woman that lives on top of the rocks and uses them to house her victims' bones. The main canyon is unseen for miles past the rocks.

There are four main gorges in the Canyon de Chelly. These are the Black Rock Canyon, Monument Canyon, Canyon del Muerto and the Canyon de Chelly itself. It is mainly unpaved, rough tracks that take visitors to the rims of the canyon. The numerous ruins of the canyon are beautiful and should be visited at your leisure.

The South Rim Drive through the canyon is an amazingly scenic route that should be explored even though it does not go through the entire length of the canyon. There is an admission fee to some parts of the canyon and no admission fee to the parts that are on Navajo land.

Additional information about the canyon and the trials through it can be obtained by contacting the National Park Service. Visitors to the canyon are asked to respect the area as they trail down the South Rim Drive.