Chinle, Arizona

About Chinle

Chinle, AZ is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern Arizona.

Officially, Chinle is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 16.29 square miles.

📰 Chinle News Today

• Gallup Girls Varsity Basketball @ Chinle MaxPreps · Aug 17
• Chinle Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 26
• Flipping the Switch on Opportunity: The Church Helps Bring Solar Power to Navajo Nation Families newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org · Apr 22
• A brighter future: The Church helps bring solar-powered light to remote Navajo Nation communities Church News · Apr 23
• Seating dispute, racial taunt allegations spark debate on high school basketball crowd conduct Cronkite News · Feb 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Chinle Unique

• The only place in America named Chinle — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Arizona, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 18 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Chinle

• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Denny's — american
• Junction Restaurant

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Hope Arch · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chinle

• Canyon de Chelly National Monument reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Chinle

• Canyon De Chelly Elementary School
• Chinle Elementary School
• Chinle High School
• Chinle Junior High School
• Cottonwood Day School
• Hozho Online Academy
• Mesa View Elementary
• NATIVE - Chinle High School
• Rough Rock Community School
• Turquoise Dawn Alternative - Closed

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility · 24/7 ER

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Chinle

🏘️ Nearby Communities