The Desert View Watchtower and a snow-dusted rim at Grand Canyon National Park

U.S. 180 and I-17 · 3 stops · 161 mi

Grand Canyon to Tuzigoot: U.S. 180 Road Trip Stops

3 stops · 161 miles · about 3 hr 24 min of driving

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Route map: Grand Canyon to Montezuma Castle to Tuzigoot, 161 miles

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The three stops from our co-pilot reel, in the order you would drive them through Arizona. Facts and visitor notes come from official sources (linked under each stop). The photos are ours. Mileage and drive time are a routing estimate without traffic or stops. Check current road and hours before you go.

  1. Grand Canyon National Park

    The Desert View Watchtower and a snow-dusted rim at Grand Canyon National Park

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    • Grand Canyon National Park encompasses 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands, entirely within Arizona. Source: nps.gov ↗
    • At Grand Canyon Village the canyon is 10 miles wide rim to rim, and in places as much as 18 miles wide. Source: nps.gov ↗
    • Grand Canyon first gained federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and became a national park in 1919. Source: nps.gov ↗
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  2. 138 mi · 2 hr 42 min from stop 1

    Montezuma Castle National Monument

    The Montezuma Castle cliff dwelling set into a limestone alcove

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    • Montezuma Castle was built in an alcove about 90 feet up a cliff, which protects the dwelling from flooding. Source: nps.gov ↗
    • The Montezuma Castle dwelling has 20 rooms and is set into a limestone cliff. Source: nps.gov ↗
    • Montezuma Castle was established on December 8, 1906, as the third National Monument dedicated to preserving Native American culture. Source: nps.gov ↗
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  3. 23 mi · 42 min from stop 2

    Tuzigoot National Monument

    The stone ruins of the Tuzigoot hilltop pueblo under a blue sky

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    • Tuzigoot National Monument protects a 1,000 year old hilltop pueblo with 110 rooms. Source: nps.gov ↗
    • The Tuzigoot pueblo has over a hundred rooms and was probably home to several hundred people for several hundred years. Source: nps.gov ↗
    • After the people left in the 1300s, the pueblo stood empty until excavation in the early 1930s and national monument status on July 25, 1939. Source: nps.gov ↗
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