The Grand Circle Route - Index
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Guide Index
220 volts or 50 Hertz 67
AAA 65
AARP 65
Adobe and mud structures 20
Agriculture of the area 33
Airlines 39, 40
Airport security personnel 66
Ajo 23
Albuquerque 24, 39, 56, 59, 64, 79
Albuquerque, New Mexico 38
Altitude 72
America the BeautifulPass – For the Disabled 41
American Association of Retired Persons 65
American Automotive Association 65
America's first transcontinental railroad 17
Amphitheatre vista 77
Amtrak 39, 71
Anasazi Indian farmers 30
Ancient oceans and Swamps 32
Animals 66
Animals and Snakes 50
Animals in the desert 34
Animals on roads 47
Animals you may see 35
Annual interagency pass 41
Ants 35
Apache Junction 27
Apache Pass 15
Apaches 15
Appendix A – Native Americans of the Southwest 83
Appendix B – Medical Facilities 88
Appendix C – Estimated distances 90
Appendix D - Itineraries 92
Appendix E – Desert Flora 95
Archaeological Resource Protection Act 49
Arches National Park 6, 39, 40
ARPA 49
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 7
Athabascan linguistic family 63
Automotive insurance 46
Average daily drive 70
Average time in a park 75
Aztec Ruins National Monument 6
Baker, Nevada 18
Bandelier National Monument 7, 51, 95
Bear 34
Beer and wine available 54
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 7
Best time to go period 82
Betatakin 22
Bighorn sheep 37
Bisbee, Arizona 13
Black Canyon 7
Black Widow Spiders 35, 37
Blanding, Utah 19, 22
Blankets and Carpets 59
Blood to Oxygen ratio 72
Bluff, Utah 19
Boat tours 26
Boating 26, 80
Bolder Dam 8
Bonita Canyon 12
Books 69
Boulder Dam 8, 39, 79
Bowie 15
Breakfast 76
Breathing problems 51
Brigham City, Utah 17
Brown Spiders 35, 37
Bryce Canyon National Park 9, 39, 40, 72, 76, 77
Budget places to stay 92
Buffalo 35
Building materials 38
Bureau of Land Management 41, 42
Bureau of Reclamation 41
Cactus 51
Cactus – Four years in Jail 74
Call boxes 53
Cameras 69
Cameron, Arizona 16
Camino del Diablo 23
Camp Verde State Historic Park 29
Campground 9, 15, 26, 30
Canyon de Chelly 20, 51, 58
Canyon de Chelly National Monument 9
Canyonlands National Park 10, 39, 61, 78
Capital of the Navajo Nation 55
Capulin Volcano National Monument 11
Car Rental 46
Car rental companies 67
Carmel Junction 31
Carvings of Bears 60
Casa Grande 11
Casa Grande National Monument 11
Casa Malpais Pueblo 11
Cavern 27
Caves 14, 51
Cell Phone 35
Cell Phones 53, 54
Cell Phones: 66
Central Pacific Railroads 17
Ceremonial centers 30
Ceremonial headdresses. 36
Chaco Culture National Historical Park 12
Checkerboard mountain 31
Chevron 34
Children 72
China 34, 58, 59
Chinle Arizona 10
Chipmunks 37
Chiricahua Mountains 12
Chiricahua National Monument 12, 15
Cinders of Summit Crater 26
Citizen Band Radio 53
Citizens with permanent disabilities 41
Clark County Museum 36
Clarksdale, Arizona 29
Claustrophobia 51
Cliff dwellings 17, 19, 22, 27, 29
Clothing and bedding 38
Club tours 65
Coal 34
Coconino National Forest 26, 30
Code Breakers of Window Rock 55
Coil plaques and baskets 60
Colorado National Monument 12
Colorado River 8, 78, 79
Colorado Springs 14
Colorado/Green rivers converge 10
Communications 53
Complementary breakfast 76
Complimentary bonus items 67
Con-artist 57
Continental Divide 78
Coolidge, Arizona 11
Copper 34
Copper mines 29
Corn 56
Corn hominy stew 57
Coronado National Memorial 13
Cortez, Colorado 19, 20
Cottonwood, Arizona 29
Coyotes 36
Craft hand-work 34
Credit card 67
Cripple Creek 14
Crude oil 34
Dams 70
Dealing with the Native Americans 57
Deer 36
Denver 39, 48
Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service 41
Department of the Interior agencies 41
Desert Plants 37, 51
Desert Varnish 10, 61
Diapers 71
Digital Cameras 69
Dinosaur fossils 12
Dinosaur National Monument 13
Dinosaur, Colorado 13
Dinosaurs 13, 33
Dirt roads 19
Do Not Pack The Following: 66
Doney Mountain 19
Downtown areas and airports 48
Drinking on the Reservations 55
Driver's Licenses: 67
Driving the roads 47
East Coast type landscaping 74
El Malpais National Monument 14
El Morro National Monument 14
El Paso 79
Electrical Appliances 67
Elk 36
Elk City 36
Emergency Rooms 72
English 63
ERs 72
Estimated distances 90
European equipment 67
European exploration of Southwest 13
Extra charge for Pets 66
Farview Point 9
Fast food 54
Fears of those traveling 50
Federal Law - Alcohol 55
Feed 38
Feeding the wildlife 36
Fees for RVs and oversize 40
Fetishes 60
Film per National Park 69
First Aid 70
First Mesa Villages 60
Fishing 8, 80
Flagstaff 29, 59, 64
Flagstaff Side Trips 94
Flagstaff, Arizona 10, 16, 20, 27, 29, 30, 39
Flash Floods 52
Flintstones amusement park 29
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument 14
Food and drink 54
Foods - Native American Population 56
Footprints in the rocks 33
Fort 7, 15, 25, 29
Fort Bowie National Historic Site 15
Fort Union National Monument 15
Fossils 13, 14, 33
Four-wheel drive vehicles 78
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 13
Fredonia, Arizona 25
From Albuquerque 93
From Denver, Colorado 94
From Flagstaff 93
From Salt Lake City 94
Fruit, Colorado 13
Fry Bread 57
Gallup, New Mexico 9, 14
Galoshes 67
Gaming on the Reservations 56
Ganado 19
Gas tank fill-up 46
Gasoline 70
Genuine Native American goods 58
Geography of the Area 32
Geronimo 15
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument 17
Gila Valley 11
Glacier 18
Glasslike formations 27
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 25
Glenn Canyon dam 70, 79
Glorieta Pass 15
Gold 34
Golden Access Passport 42
Golden Age Passport 41
Golden Barrel Cacti 74
Golden eagles 14
Golden Spike National Historic Site 17
Good tires 71
Government hanky-panky 56
Grand Canyon 8, 40, 75, 78, 81
Grand Canyon – North 15
Grand Canyon National Park 36
Grand Junction 13
Grants, New Mexico 14
Great Basin National Park 18
Great Depression 8
Great Sand Dunes National Monument 18
Green and Yampa Rivers 13
Green River 78
Greyhound bus 39
Ground squirrels 37
Guardrails 48
Gulf of Mexico 80
Gunnison National Monument 7
Hand sanitizer 72
Handicapped 72
Hano 60
Hard liqueur 54
Healing medicines 38
Heights 51
Helicopter ride 81
Hiker 35
Hiking and Camping 62
Hohokam culture 63
Homesickness 68
Hoover Dam 8, 25, 39, 70, 79
Hopi Indians 60
Hopi Mesa™ 60
Hopi Pottery 60
Horned rattlers 35
Hotels 64
Hotels/motels/and Camping parks 64
Houseboats 80
Hovenweep National Monument 18
Hualapai Native America 81
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site 19
Hubble Trading Post National Monument 59
Hurricane, Utah 25
Indian and Hispanic Petroglyphs 24
Indian crafts for sale 19
Indian villages 9
Indian Wars 15
In-park bus and trolley rides 76
Inscription Rock 14
Insects 35
Insurances 46
Interagency Senior Pass 41
Internet 75
Internet Reliability 62
Jemez State Park 38
Jensen, Utah 13
Jerome State Historic Park 29
Jewelry 58
Junior Ranger Program 42
Kanab, Utah 16, 31, 36, 59
Katsina day dances 60
Katsinas 60
Kayenta 22
Keel Seel 22
Keresan 63
Kisiau 61
Kiva 55
Kivas 24, 58, 59, 60
La Junta 7
Labor Day 64, 82
Lake Mead 8, 25, 39, 70, 78, 79, 80, 81
Lake Powell 26, 70, 78, 79, 80
Lake Powell Recreation area 40
Language of the Pueblo peoples 63
Language of the Zuni peoples 63
Languages 63
Las Animas, Colo 7
Las Animas, Colorado 7
Las Vegas 8, 39, 64
Las Vegas, Nevada 39
Las Vegas, New Mexico 15
Lava tube system, and numerous caves. 14
Lawsuits 34, 56
LCD 69
Lee’s Crossing 16
Lehman Caves 18
Lifetime senior pass 41
Lightening cause fire 52
Lightning 16
Liquid Crystal Display 69
Listing 43
Little Colorado River 78, 79
Lodges 93
Lomaki and Box Canyon Pueblos Trail 19
Lomaki Pueblo 19
Long – distance from Grand Canyon 53
Long – distance from motels 53
Lowell Observatory 19, 20
Lukeville 23
Major Cities transportation 93
Major dangers 37
Major highways 48
Making dye 38
Maps 75
Mark of the artist 58
Mattresses 36
Maze 56
Medical Facilities 88
Mesa Verde 20, 51, 52, 58, 65
Mesa Verde National Park 58
Message Service 53
Meteor Crater 20, 39
Mexican border 80
Mexican food 54, 76
Mexican Spaniards occupation 63
Mexicans 33
Mexico 34, 58, 59, 78
Mileage 46
Minerals of the area 33
Mishongnovi 60
Mission church 24
Moab, Utah 6, 10
Moccasin, Arizona 25
Modern Navajo Indian homes 9
Mohave 63
Monoliths 12
Montezuma’s Castle 21, 29, 39
Montezuma’s Well 21, 29, 39
Monticello, Utah 10
Montrose, Colorado 8
Mormon pioneers 25
Mosquitoes 35
Motel and Hotel Rates 65
Motels 64, 73
Mount Tempingâ’s 27
Mountain Climbing 65
Mountain Lion 35
Mountainair, New Mexico 26
Mt. Humphrey 19
National fast food chains 76
National Park land and the crime 74
National Park Lookouts 51
National Park Passes 40
National Park Service 6, 42
National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service 41
National Parks with limited housing 93
Native American artwork 58
Native American Fair 59
Native American Lands and Customs 55
Native American merchants 58
Native American reservations 55
Native American towns 56
Native Americans 32, 33, 34
Natural Bridges National Monument 22
Navajo 63
Navajo and Hopi reservations 49
Navajo Indian Reservation 16, 19
Navajo language 55
Navajo Mountain 26
Navajo National Monument 22
Newspaper Rock 10, 61
No water toilets 72
Nocturnal hunters 37
Nogales 28
North Rim 16
North Rim Canyon 10
North Rim of the Grand Canyon 36, 40, 53
NPS 73
NPS Passports 6
NPS Visitor Centers 75
Oak Creek Canyon 22
Off-Road Driving 49
Old City tourist area 39
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 23
Osage people 57
Out-houses 72
Oxygen 51
Oxygen levels 72
Packing for a long trip 66
Packing Tips 67
Page, Arizona 16, 22, 40, 79
Painted Desert 21, 23, 39
Paintings 61
Paleontological history 14
Park entry fees 40
Park Entry Spots 40
Parker Lake 13
Passing vehicles 49
Pecos 24
Pecos National Historical Park 23
Pecos Pueblo 24
Pena Blanca Lake 28
People have different 69
People relationship 68
Perpetual sunset 26
Personal wipes 72
Pet friendly facilities 66
Petrified Forest 21, 24, 39, 74
Petrified wood – Jail term 74
Petroglyph National Monument 24
Petroglyphs 14, 61
Petrography 62
Phoenix 39, 40, 59, 64
Phoenix, Arizona 27
Photographs 59, 69
Picking the plants 37
Pickup Rental car 47
Pictographs 22
Pike's Peak 14
Piki Bread 57
Pipe Spring National Monument 25
Places to stay 92
Plant and its use 38
Plants 38
Plants and their cautions 38
Poisons 38
Polacca 60
Police 54
Posole Stew 57
Post Cards 69
Potholes 10
Pottery 58, 60
Power sources 70
pre-Columbian Indians 19
Predator species 80
Prehistoric 30
Preserved bones 33
Prime Rib 54, 76
Provisions 70
Pueblo 28, 32
Pueblo Indian community 6
Pueblo Indians 29
Pueblo of Jemez 32
Pueblo People 22, 63
Pueblo pre-Columbian civilization 12
Pueblo villages 26
Pueblos 9, 19, 56, 58, 59
Pulling trailers 71
Purses/bags and weapons 79
Qoqole™ 60
Quarry 13
Rabies 37
Raft on Grand Canyon 25
Rafting 81
Railroad to Grand Canyon 29
Rain Gear To Bring: 67
Rain Sticks 61
Rainbow Bridge National Monument 25
Rainbow Point 9, 72
Rainstorm 52
Rattlesnakes 35
Recommended for most children 65
Recreational Vehicle 38, 39
Regalia 62
Respect their rights and land 59
Rest and toilet facilities 71
Restaurants 54
Return Rental car 47
Rio Grande 30, 79
Rio Grande River 39
Rio Rico 28
Rocky Mountains 34, 48, 78
Roosevelt. Monument 27
Ruins 6, 9, 11, 12, 15, 24, 27, 28, 30
RV Camps 64
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument 26
Salt Lake City 27, 40
Salt River Valley 27
San Francisco Peaks 19, 61
Sand Paintings 58, 61, 62
Sangre de Cristo Mountains 18
Sanitary Napkins 71
Sanitary seat covers 72
Santa Fe 24, 39, 56, 59, 64, 79
Santa Fe Trail 7, 11, 15
Scenic flights 26
Sealable plastic bags 71
Seasonal rates 65
Seat covers 72
Second Mesa Villages 60
Seeing Eye dog 66
Senior Citizen Rate 65
Seniors 65, 72
Setting up the trip: 52
Shamans 62
Shay 9
Shoes To Bring: 67
Shongopavi 60
Sichomovi 60
Sidewinders 35
Sierra Vista, Arizona 13
Sign Language 63
Silver 34
Silver City, New Mexico 17
Sinagua 30
Sinagua Indian ruins 28
Single or dual occupancy rates 65
Sipaulovi 60
Skier 39
Small appliances 67
Smoker and non-smoker rates 65
Smoking 73
Smoking and Drinking 73
Snake bite kit 35
Solado Indians 27
Some Desert Flora 95
Sonoita, Mexico 23
Sonoran Desert 23
South Rim Canyon 10
South Rim of the Grand Canyon 29
Southwestern United States 6
Spanish 63
Spanish colonial mission 28
Spanish explorers 14
Spanish Franciscan missions 26
Spatter cones 14
Special Events of the Area 73
Speed limits 49
Spirit within 60
Squirrels 36
Starting/ending points 38
State required insurance 67
State Stores 54
Still Cameras 69
Stores 54
Storms 49, 52
Stretch legs 48
Suggested Route to travel 93
Summer month temperature 71
Sun and Heat levels 73
Sunblock 73
Sunscreen 80
Sunset Crater National Monument 30
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument 26
Supermarkets 54
Tadpoles 10
Taking souvenirs 74
Tanoan 63
Taos 30
Tarantulas 35, 37
Telescopes 20
Tempingâ’s Cave National Monument 27
Tent Camps 64
The spots to see 92
Thin air levels 51
Third Mesa 60
Thunderbird Lodge 10
Time for breaks – food 75
Time for breaks – restroom 75
Time for driving in the park 75
Time for driving to entry spot 75
Time for motel breakfast 76
Time for supper meals 76
Time to allow for travel 74
Toilet facilities 71
Toilet paper 72
Tonto National Forest 27
Tonto National Monument 27
Trade Language 63
Travel and tours 76
Tremonton 18
Tribal costumes 62
Tucson 23, 28, 39
Tumacacori National Historical Park 28
Tunnels 18, 50
Turkeys and wild birds 36
Turquoise 34
Tuzigoot National Monument 39
Type and engine of 47
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 41, 42
U. S. Forest Service 42
Umbrellas 67
Union Pacific 17
United States Department of Agriculture 38
Uranium 34
USDA 38
Vehicle-based entry sites 41
Verde 73
Verde Valley 28
Vernal, Utah 13
Virgin River 31, 52, 80, 82
Volcano 11, 14, 26
Walatowa Visitor Center 32
Walking shoes 67
Walnut Canyon National Monument 29
Walpi 60
Water – freeze it 71
Water resources of the Area 77
Water Sports 80
Waynemai 61
Weather for the region 81
Weaving demonstrations 19
Websites on the Internet 62
Weekday and weekend rates 65
West Mesa 24
Western Days 59, 64
Western Diamondbacks 35
Wheelchair access 73
Wheeler Peak 18
Where to start the trip 38
White Traders 63
White-water rafting 81
Willcox, Ariz 12
Willcox. National Park Service 15
Williams, Arizona 29
Winding roads 51
Window Rock, Arizona 19, 48
Winslow, Arizona 20
Winter 27
Winter months 23
Woodland Park, Colorado 15
World Heritage Sites-Taos Pueblo 30
World War Two 55
Woven goods 58
Wupatki National Monument 26, 30
Wupatki Pueblo 19
Yellowstone 34
Yellowstone National Park 40
Yovimpa Point 9
Yuman 63
Zion National Park 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 50, 52, 65, 75, 77, 80
Zion National Park Weddings 82
Zuni Pueblo 63
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