Crow Canyon Archaeological District, Archaeological district in Rio Arriba County, United States

The Crow Canyon Archaeological District lies in the Dinétah region of Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, New Mexico, about 30 miles southeast of Farmington. Its south-facing canyon wall holds 44 rock art panels with hundreds of Navajo petroglyphs, alongside older Ancestral Pueblo images. A cluster of 18th-century Navajo pueblitos stands among the ruins.

The area was an important Navajo settlement center with defensive buildings dating to the 18th century. These structures were built during a period when Navajo communities faced pressures from Ute and Spanish colonial forces.

The canyon walls display hundreds of petroglyphs showing religious ceremonies and daily scenes. These rock carvings reveal how Navajo people lived and what they valued in their communities.

Crow Canyon lies about 30 miles southeast of Farmington, in the Dinétah region of Rio Arriba and San Juan counties. The canyon is remote, with low arid desert, high sandstone cliffs and irregular eroded rock formations, so access is best arranged in advance with the managing agency. Visitors should stay on established routes to protect the rock panels and pueblitos.

The district's 44 rock-art panels on the south-facing canyon wall hold clusters of hundreds of early Navajo petroglyphs, among the most extensive such collections in the United States. Some images echo the designs of Navajo ceremonial sand paintings, and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) images appear alongside them, showing the canyon was marked before the Navajo arrived.