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2014 Map of Dancing Rocks

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Dancing Rocks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Chinle Valley dominates the western half of this 2014 survey, where the wide corridor of Chinle Wash winds past the settlement at Rock Point. The landscape is defined by its dramatic topographic relief, rising from the wash floor up to the high, broken edges of Carson Mesa in the southwest and a series of unnamed ridges to the east. Several distinctive geological landmarks are mapped in detail, including the isolated prominence of Hat Rock and the eponymous Dancing Rocks.

Infrastructure in this part of the Navajo Nation is centered on the corridor of Us-191, which serves as the primary artery connecting local Bureau of Indian Affairs routes like Bia-n35 and Bia-8009. The map records a complex drainage system where Lukachukai Creek and Hasbidito Cr flow toward the main wash, illustrating the natural water network that has long shaped the region's movement and habitation patterns.