Mexican Hat

Mexican Hat is a small community located on the San Juan River in south-central San Juan County, Utah, United States. It is on U.S. Highway 163 just three miles south of the junction with Utah SR-261, and is just outside the northern boundary of both the Navajo Nation and Monument Valley. With a total population of 88 (2000 census), the community saw a significant decrease from the 1990 figure of 259.

The name "Mexican Hat" comes from a curiously sombrero-shaped, 60 foot wide by 12 foot thick (18.3 x 3.7 m), rock outcropping on the northeast edge of town.