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Los Gigantes Buttes

Round Rock, Arizona

Los Gigantes Buttes

View east to Los Gigantes Buttes on Navajo Lands near Round Rock, Arizona.  The buttes are the same Entrada Sandstone and similar color as Monument Valley.

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Los Gigantes Buttes

View northwest to the two main Los Giganes Buttes.   Access to the area are via gravel Indian Roads.  Los Gigantes Buttes are not quite as tall as the similar buttes in Monument Valley but definetly have that same appearance.


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Los Gigantes Buttes

Close-up of some of the horses grazing in the area at the base of one of the Los Gigantes Buttes.

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Los Gigantes Buttes area

View east on a typical road in the area near the Los Gigantes Buttes.  This drainage is surrounded by a combination of Entrada and Navajo Sandstone bluffs that form a barrier to travel eastbound.

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Los Gigantes Buttes area

Rock formation with Navajo Sandstone dome at the top supported by an Entrada Sandstone base.  There are several dune fields in the area.

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Los Gigantes Buttes area

Typical very scuptural rock formations in the area.  The images in this photo gallery were taken around noon so the light is pretty harsh.  

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Los Gigantes Buttes area

The road makes a deep grade cut through compacted sand as it passes into a box canyon.


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Los Gigantes Buttes area

Very good corrall at the end of the road in a box canyon.

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