Tour Overview
About This Driving Tour
As you drive, GPS-triggered audio will automatically share stories and insights about iconic landmarks, history, sites, and local culture. This tour covers the route from Gallup, New Mexico to the tribal capital in Window Rock, Arizona — approximately 32 miles one way.
The tour features 24 audio posts that play automatically as you pass specific points along the route — some just a minute apart.
Highlights include:
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Starting point at Ellis Tanner Trading Post
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A brief overview of Navajo government, including the executive, legislative, and judicial branches — ideal before visiting the tribal capital
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Things to see and do at the Navajo Museum and Library
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Opportunities to purchase authentic crafts or food from roadside vendors and three Navajo-style flea markets
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A story about one of the darkest chapters in Navajo tribal government
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The iconic Window Rock landmark
And much more.
Stops
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PRESS to get to START
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Ellis Tanner
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Hollywood-Gallup
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Gallup Flea Market
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20/20 label
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T-n-R shopping
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Yahtahhey
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Yahtahey housing
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Foods
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Navajo government
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Sage Brush
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executive branch
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Legislative branch
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Judicial Branch
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Chambers visit
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1989 riot
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Museum and zoo
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Turn to the Capitol
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Police headquarters
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parking at the capitol
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Council chambers
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OPVP
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Window Rock Tribal Park