Travel from Green River to Monument Valley, UT

We drove our coach 195 miles, about 4 hours, from Green River, Utah to Monument Valley, Utah.

If you’ve ever seen a Western movie, you’ve seen Monument Valley.

Here’s the map, heading south:

Map route

Green River is proud of their melons:

Green River melons

Green River melons

An interesting church:

Interesting church

We stopped at Love’s to top up the diesel, since fuel stops are few and far between for the next few legs of our journey:

Love's fuel stop

Only about 40 gallons (our tank is 150 gallons), though still rather expensive with current fuel prices:

Love's fuel stop

Back under the lowish rail bridge:

Rail bridge

Mesa:

Mesa

Rocks:

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Moab:

Moab

Moab

Rocks

Rocks

We stopped for lunch at the rest area by Hole N the Rock:

Hole N the Rock

Rest stop

Lunch

Onward:

Rocks

An arch:

Arch

Rocks

Rocks

Trading post:

Trading post

Water

Rocks

Rocks and buildings

Rocks

Rocks

First sight of some iconic Monument Valley rocks:

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Bridge:

Bridge

The bridge was a little narrow for our coach, so we treated it as a one-way bridge:

Narrow bridge

Rocks

Several people stopped at Forrest Gump point; an iconic location from the movie:

Forrest Gump point

Rocks

Rocks

Rocks

Our destination:

Rocks