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Tuba City is a town of 9,700 people (2015) in Northern Arizona. Tuba City is the largest settlement on the Arizona side of the Navajo Nation. There is little to detain the traveler, but it makes a good refueling stop on the way from Monument Valley to the Grand Canyon.
1 Explore Navajo Interactive Museum. M–Sa 8 am–6 pm, Su noon–6 pm. Adult $4.50, senior $3.50, 7–12 yr old $3.00, 6 & younger free. See some of the most well preserved dinosaur tracks going west on your way out of Tuba City.
Hogan Restaurant (at the Quality Inn). Casual food. Price and quality quite OK. No real other choices unfortunately. Tuuve Cafe and Gas Station. Sandwiches, soups, burgers, salads and similar all-American fare. It's not much to get to excited about. $7–12. China Star Restaurant, Highway 160, ☏ +1 928-283-5807. Chinese food options.
As Tuba is located within the reservation, it's a dry town, with no alcohol available. Shì Deja's Boba Shop (formerly MiDeja's Bubble Tea Smoothies), 4201 Cactus Lp, ☏ +1 928-814-8740. (updated Feb 2023)
1 NavajoLand Hotel (formerly Quality Inn Navajo Nation), 10 N Main St, ☏ +1 928-283-4545, [email protected]. (updated Apr 2021) 2 Moenkopi Legacy Inn & Suites, 1 Legacy Ln, ☏ +1 928-283-4500. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated May 2015)
Tuba City is on U.S. Route 160, about 100 miles north of Flagstaff.
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