Sand Dunes of the Navajo Nation
Northern Arizona
Unlike virtually every other state in the Southwest, Arizona has no large dune fields.
You can, however, find individual dunes or very small fields with maybe two or three
dunes. The vast majority of them are in the northern part of the state on the Navajo
Reservation. Though the size of Arizona’s dunes pale in comparison to, say, those at
White Sands National Monument in New Mexico or Imperial Sand Dunes in California,
the dunes of the Grand Canyon State are still quite beautiful. All of the dunes shown
on this web page are in obscure places in Navajo country. Some are just north of
the Little Colorado River, in the Painted Desert. Others are near the Navajo
communities of Tsegi or Kaibito. Others are...who knows...just some place
on The Rez where I decided to pull over and wander for the day.