WayfarrowOld Shongopavi
Ghost town · Navajo County, Arizona
Old Shongopavi is a ghost town in Navajo County, Arizona. It is one of 6 former communities in Navajo County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Old Shongopavi as a historical populated place on the Shungopavi topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.8044° N, 110.5204° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Shungopavi |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 6,044 ft |
| Nearest living town | Shongopovi, AZ |
| Distance to it | 0.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 42921 |
| Coordinates | 35.80445, -110.52041 |
Then and now
Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.
Left: Oraibi quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.
What's there now
Old Shongopavi is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shongopovi, AZ (population 1,131), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,044 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Questions
Where is Old Shongopavi?
Old Shongopavi is in Navajo County, Arizona, at 35.8044, -110.5204.
How many ghost towns are in Navajo County?
Navajo County, Arizona has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.