antelope house ruin

Antelope House Ruins overlook is one of the first stops along the North Rim drive.To get to the overlook, walk to the far end of the parking lot and follow the rock lined trail to the lookout point. The vantage point from the top of the cliff is a awesome as the full canyon is layed out below you. You'll need some binos in order to get a good glimpse of the ruins.

The Puebloan ruins are a good stop on a Canyon del Muerto tour. You should be aware that the paintings of antelopes and other faux pictographs are not ancient and were done by moderns. Some refreshments are available at this location.

Very close to the road, easy to walk to lookout. Bring binoculars or telescope to see the formations and ruins up close. Beautiful scenery.

Coming this far west we had to take the tour definitely glad we did it. Once-in-a-lifetime experience. It's amazing how people lived back then and still do today.

Take a Jeep tour here so you can really appreciate the site and enjoy the canyon at its base, too. The tours require a Navajo guide and are about 3 hours long.

Don't skimp on this overlook. Walk the entire pathway and you will get an awesome view of the paintings and the ruins. There are usually quite a few sellers here with very high quality merchandise.

Most folks are familiar with the ruins of Mesa Verde but have never heard of Canyon de Chelly much less understand the beauty of the ruins on view in this magnificent National Monument. Antelope House Ruin may be my favorite of all the vistas in this area, not only for the ruins but the beautiful geography of the surrounding canyon.

Again, the ruins are fenced off, but they are fairly extensive and you can walk along the fence to get good photos. Be sure to note the paintings above the ruins on the cliff...both old stuff, Anazasi, and fairly new Navajo painted Antelope running along the cliff. 2 government toilets here, and Navajo jewelry sellers. Normal turn-around point for half day tours of this canyon.

Antelope House can be viewed from an overlook on the North Rim but get a guide (Leander Staley is your man!) and visit it up close and personal, What a treasure!

When we see the ancient drawings in the beautiful Canyon DeChelly it made me feel at awe with nature and historoy. Thunderbird Tours is a fantastic guided tour group. Thank you

Antelope House Ruins also give you a wonderful chance to view some great petroglyphs. We saw these ruins with a tour guide through the Thunderbird Lodge. Highly recommend taking the 3-hour tour to see the valley.

and ruins. We took SO many wonderful photos. The signs at some overlooks are weathered and hard to read.

I was totally struck speechless! This awesome place took my breath away! The drive was certaily wirth the effort it took to make a "bucket list" trip come true for me.

Every turn great views. Jewellery/art sellers a bit much at times but friendly enough.

Many of the Anasazi pueblos one sees at ground level are either outlines of buildings at ground level or archeologists' reconstructions. This ruin is in almost as good a shape as the pueblos half way up the cliff elsewhere in the canyon. One could see construction details. The pictographs in the area were also unique with a few polychrome deer reminiscent of those in the caves near Lascaux in France. Residents in the area have set up a rest stop with food and drink options and the ubiquitous crafts. The atmosphere was enhanced by the sound of a flute echoing off the walls of the canyon.