Navajo Lake is a large reservoir in an area of sandstone ridges and canyons, dominated by pinyon/juniper and occasional ponderosa. The San Juan River escapes below the dam, eventually to join the Colorado.

Looking northwest across the lake at distant mountains, 4/30/06.

The San Juan bottomlands below the dam, 4/30/06.

Looking across the canyon below the dam, 4/30/06.

Oil development near the river, 4/30/06.