Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Rainbow Bridge arches above a side canyon of Lake Powell, and to the Diné it is Tsé Naní'áhí, sacred long before surveyors mapped it in 1909. Five tribes hold it holy, the Navajo, Hopi, San Juan Southern Paiute, Kaibab Paiute, and Ute, tied to deities of rain and cloud. Filling Lake Powell drowned the overland pilgrimage route and carried tour boats to its foot; a 1974 Navajo lawsuit to protect it failed. The Park Service now asks visitors not to walk beneath the span.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Antelope Canyon — 6.2 mi
  Tsé bighánílíní — where the water runs through the rock

More markers nearby

• Native Americans — steps away
• Navajo Generating Station — steps away
• Major John Wesley Powell — 1.7 mi
• Glen Canyon Bridge — 1.7 mi