Located on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona, the Ganado area has been used as a Native American gathering place for many centuries, beginning with the long-vanished Anasazi and continuing with the Navajo people. It has about 1,300 residents.
One mile west of Ganado, on State Route 264, is the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, the reservation’s oldest continuously operating trading post. It was purchased by John Lorenzo Hubbell in 1878, and the Hubbell family operated it until it was sold to the National Park Service in 1967.
The still-active trading post is operated by a non-profit organization. The site consists of the original 160-acre homestead, the trading post, family home, and visitor center. It is open year-round except for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. There is no entrance fee. Some travel restrictions apply to reservation visitors.
There is no public transportation.