Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

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Spring lambs with their Navajo-Churro ewe.
Each spring Navajo-Churro ewes give birth to their lambs at Hubbell Trading Post.
Steer skull greets visitors.
Above the entry way into the trading post, there is a sun-bleached steer skull.
Inside the Hubbell Family home, looking south.
Thousands of visitors have visited the Hubbell Family home in the past 50 years.
Bullpen inside the trading post.
Thousands of visitors and community members walk through the bullpen of the trading post.
Interpretive exhibit has Mr. JL Hubbell holding his grand daughter LaCharles.
New interpretive exhibits on the family, trading post, and weaving.
Photos: National Park Service

About Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

Wóshdę́ę́, please come in where the squeaky wooden floors greet your entry into the oldest operating Trading Post on the Navajo Nation. As your eyes adjust to the dim light in the "bullpen", you'll find you've just entered a mercantile. Hubbell's in Ganado has been selling goods and trading Native American Art since 1878. Discover Hubbell Trading Post NHS, sheep, rugs, jewelry and so much more...

Quick Facts

State Arizona
Designation National Historic Site
State Code AZ
Weather Spring is normally windy. Summer can reach into high 90s with thunderstorms beginning in July into August. Fall is cooling off. Last couple of Winters have been dry and with…

Location & Map

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site is located in Arizona.

Operating Hours

Winter park operational hours is 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. with visitor center opening at 8:00 A.M. Trading Post opens and closes with Park Entrance hours. Winter hours generally begin during October and end in May of each year.

Wednesday 8:00AM - 5:00AM
Monday 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday 8:00AM - 5:00AM
Friday 8:00AM - 5:00AM
Saturday 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Activities

Arts and Culture Guided Tours Junior Ranger Program Shopping Bookstore and Park Store

Getting There

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site is located at mile post 446.3 on AZ state route 264. Visitors traveling on I-40 can take U.S. Highway 191 North to Ganado and drive west on Hwy. 264. If you are traveling from Gallup, New Mexico, you may take U.S. Highway 491 North to U.S. Highway 264 west toward Ganado, through Window Rock,Arizona. When you are driving south from Chinle, Arizona on Hwy. 191 you will drive east when you reach Hwy. 264.

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Contact & Address

Address 1/2 mile west of Hwy 191/264, Ganado, AZ, 86505-0150
Phone 9287553475
Email HUTR_ranger_activities@nps.gov

Topics & Themes

Architecture and Building Commerce Trade Native American Heritage

Visitor Centers

Hubbell Trading Post NHS Visitor Center

The visitor center is located east of the trading post. Interpretive exhibits on Hubbell family, the Long Walk, weaving, and a children's trading post are…

Hours: Operating hours change twice a year - Fall and Spring seasons. Each year the operating hours will begin on different dates, so please visit the website for more information.

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