Kayenta also has a movie theater, the Black Mesa Twin Cinema.

From Kayenta, Kayenta Primary School, Kayenta Intermediate School, Kayenta Middle School, and Monument Valley High School also serve the community.

There are also seven branches of Diné College on the reservation in Arizona ( three in Apache County ( Chinle, Ganado, and Window Rock ), one in Coconino County ( Tuba City ), and one in Navajo County ( Kayenta ) and New Mexico ( one in McKinley County ( Crownpoint ) and one in San Juan County ( Shiprock )).

Near Kayenta, Arizona, Jonathan Haas of the Field Museum in Chicago has been studying a group of Ancient Pueblo villages that relocated from the canyons to the high mesa tops during the late 13th century.

The Kayenta Fourth of July Rodeo has been recognized 6 times as the Rodeo of the Year and twice as the Outstanding Rodeo by the All Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association, making it one of the premier rodeos to attend here in the Southwest.

In terms of fast food, Kayenta has a Burger King, Sonic Drive-In, Subway restaurant, and McDonald's.

Kayenta has a large recreation center dedicated to serving the local community.

The Kayenta weathers into three units ; a lower ledge and middle cliff that are dominated by cross-bedded sandstone and an upper slope that has relatively more siltstone.

A Bashas ' Diné grocery store is located in in Kayenta.

Kayenta is the name for the Chapter, as well as the township.

In terms of banking, there is a Wells Fargo located in Kayenta, as well as a Western Union, and an H & R Block.

Kiet Siel (, commonly spelled Keet Seel ), which stands for " broken house " in Navajo, is a well preserved cliff dwelling of the ancient Anasazi people located in a branch of the Tsegi Canyon in the Kayenta region of Northeastern Arizona.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

Kayenta () is a census-designated place ( CDP ) which is part of the Navajo Nation and is in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

Kayenta Township is the only municipal-style government within the Navajo Nation.

Kayenta Chapter ( a political division within the Navajo Nation that is analogous to a county within a state ) encompasses land in both Utah and Arizona.

Thus, the Navajo Nation's census figures for Kayenta Chapter are significantly different from those of Kayenta proper.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone ; layered red Kayenta Formation ; cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone ; slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation ; layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation ; and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

Part of a super-sequence of rock units called the Grand Staircase, the formations exposed in the Zion and Kolob area were deposited in several different environments that range from the warm shallow seas of the Kaibab and Moenkopi formations, streams and lakes of the Chinle, Moenave, and Kayenta formations to the large deserts of the Navajo and Temple Cap formations and dry near shore environments of the Carmel Formation.

Springs, such as Weeping Rock ( photo ), form in canyon walls made of the porous Navajo Sandstone when water hits and is channeled by the underlying non-porous Kayenta Formation.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically-jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

Overlying these are the Triassic Moenkopi Formation ( which is bounded top and bottom by unconformities ), the Chinle Formation, the cliff-forming Wingate Sandstone, the Kayenta Formation, and the crossbedded Triassic-Jurassic Navajo Sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically-jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

The Geology of the area is dominated by the Glen Canyon Group, consisting of the Navajo Sandstone, Kayenta Formation, and Wingate Sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

The southern terminus of US 163 is located at a junction with US 160 south of Kayenta in Navajo County and Navajo Nation.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically-jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically-jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

From top to bottom: Rounded tan domes of the Navajo Sandstone, layered red Kayenta Formation, cliff-forming, vertically jointed, red Wingate Sandstone, slope-forming, purplish Chinle Formation, layered, lighter-red Moenkopi Formation, and white, layered Cutler Formation sandstone.

Although the fossils of several older proto-frogs with primitive characteristics are known, the oldest " true frog " is Prosalirus bitis, from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

The remains were recovered from Arizona's Kayenta Formation, which dates back to the Early Jurassic epoch, somewhat younger than Triadobatrachus.

Kayenta is served by the Kayenta Unified School District.

Kayenta Primary School, Kayenta Intermediate School, Kayenta Middle School, and Monument Valley High School serve the community.

Kayenta is located south of Monument Valley and contains a number of hotels and motels which service visitors to Monument Valley.

Kayenta is located at ( 36. 7118 ,-110. 2505 ), at an elevation of 5, 700 feet, ( 1, 738 m ).

The Kayenta Fourth of July Rodeo is an annual multi-day event taking place from July 1 – 4.

Kayenta is served by the Kayenta Unified School District.

Kayenta Elementary School, Kayenta Middle School, and Monument Valley High School are the public schools.