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- From I-40 take exit 22. If eastbound turn left; if westbound turn right. Follow Ford Drive around (it curves to the left) to where it becomes Joseph M Montoya Drive. The Gallup Convention and Visitors Bureau is just beyond the park.
For more information phone 1-800-242-4282 (toll free) or visit their web site:
GallupCVB.
Red Rock Museum
- This museum is located in Red Rock State Park just four miles east of Gallup. The museum provides a fine overview of the various Indian cultures in the Gallup region, with permanent displays of Native American pottery, weaving, jewelry making and carving. There is also an ingenious Zuni "waffle garden," an agricultural technique that makes use of every drop of precious desert water.
For more information phone 1-505-863-1337 or visit their web
page: RedRock.
If eastbound on I-40 take exit 26 and turn right onto Route 66 (which is a frontage road on the north side of I-40) and follow the signs to Red Rock State Park (about 2 miles).
If westbound on I-40 take exit 33 and continue westbound on Route 66 (which is a frontage road on the north side of I-40) and follow the signs to Red Rock State Park (about 4.5 miles).
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Window Rock
- Window Rock is a soft sandstone formation which had even softer material in about the center of the
promentory. Wind and water have eroded it leaving a "window" in the center.
Window Rock has been the capital of the Navajo nation since 1938. A recently built Navajo Tribal Museum, Interpretative services and self-guided tours are programmed to help visitors better understand this ancient but enduring society.
The world's largest American Indian Fair is held here every September.
For more information phone 1-928-871-7941 or visit their web site:
WindowRock.
From I-40 take exit 20 and drive northbound on US-666 to NM-264 (about 7 miles). Turn left and follow NM-264 to Window Rock (just over the Arizona state line - about 20 miles).
The Continental Divide
- All waters flowing west of this invisible geographic line flow towards to the Gulf of California or Pacific Ocean. All waters flowing east of the Divide flow towards the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean via the Great Lakes. At the Divide I-40 is at an elevation of 7,268 feet. There is a small community here and a few trading posts and other services.
At I-40 exit 47 about 20 miles east of Gallup.
For more information phone the Gallup Visitors' Center at 1-800-242-4282 (toll free) or visit their web site:
GallupCVB.
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