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Aztec Ruins National Monument

84 County Road 2900, Aztec, New Mexico 87410
505.334.6174

Footprint of Ancestral Pueblo Society Pueblo people describe this site as part of their migration journey. Today you can follow their ancient passage... Read More

Bandelier National Monument

15 Entrance Rd, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
505.672.3861

Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country as well as evidence of a human presence here go... Read More

Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library

1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
505.474.1670

Our mission is to preserve the past, present and future of the New Mexico National Guard and to educate visitors about our proud history both in peace... Read More

Battle of Glorieta Pass

Ranger Lane, Pecos, New Mexico 87552
505.757.7241

The Confederate plan for the West was to raise a force in Texas, march up the Rio Grande, take Santa Fe, turn northeast on the Santa Fe Trail, capture... Read More

Capulin Volcano National Monument

46 Volcano Road, Capulin, New Mexico 88414
575.278.2201

A Stellar Example of Recent Volcanic Activity Come view a dramatic landscape—a unique place of mountains, plains, and sky. Born of fire and forces ... Read More

Cerrillos Hills State Park

Cerrillos Hills, Cerrillos, New Mexico 87508
505.474.0196

There are 1,100 years of mining history in these hills which can be seen by hiking, biking, or horseback riding on the 5 miles of trail among rolling ... Read More

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

1100 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
505.988.6098

While the legislated El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail extends 404 miles in Texas and New Mexico, the historic trail extended a... Read More

El Malpais National Monument

1900 E Santa Fe Avenue, Grants, New Mexico 87020
505.876.2783

Experience an Extreme Land The primeval black basalt terrain of El Malpais was created by volcanic forces over the past million years. Molten lava sp... Read More

El Rancho de las Golondrinas

334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
505.471.2261

El Rancho de las Golondrinas is a living history museum located on 200 acres in a rural farming valley just south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The museum,... Read More

Fort Union National Monument

3115 Monument Lane, Watrous, New Mexico 87753
505.425.8025

A Fort For a Young America Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, amid the swales of the Santa Fe Trail, lie the terri... Read More

Ghost Ranch

HC77 Box 11, Abiquiu, New Mexico 87510
877.804.4678

Ghost Ranch is a unique combination of natural beauty, paleontology, geology, archaeology, history and art. It is not just the values of each of these... Read More

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

A Window to the World of the Ancestors Explore the world of ancestors of Puebloan people who lived in the Mogollon area over 700 years ago. Enter the... Read More

High Road to Taos

Cundiyo Road - Starting from Nambé, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506

The High Road to Taos is a scenic mountain route that wanders through old Spanish villages high in the foothills of the Sangre de Christo Mountains. F... Read More

Palace of the Governors

105 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
505.476.5094

Originally constructed in the early 17th century as Spain's seat of government for what is today the American Southwest, the Palace of the Governors c... Read More

Pecos National Historical Park

Gateway to the Plains: In the midst of piñon, juniper, and ponderosa pine woodlands in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains not far from Santa Fe, the rem... Read More

Petroglyph National Monument

6510 Western Trail NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120
505.899.0205

More than 15,000 prehistoric and historic Native American and Hispanic petroglyphs (images carved in rock) stretch 17-miles along Albuquerque's West M... Read More