Arizona
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Montezuma Castle National Monument
P.O. Box 219
Camp Verde, AZ 86322-0219
Phone: 928-567-5276
Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this 5-story, 20-room cliff dwelling is one of the best preserved in the United States.
Navajo National Monument
Navajo National Monument
HC 71, Box 3
Tonalea, AZ 86044-9704
Phone: 928-672-2700
The ancient cliff dwellers built three dwellings here: Betatakin, Keet Seel, and Inscription House (closed to the public due to its fragility).
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
10 Organ Pipe Drive
Ajo, AZ 85321-9626
Phone: 520-387-6849
Sonoran Desert plants and animals found nowhere else in the United States are protected here, as are traces of the Camino del Diablo historic trail.
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
P.O. Box 2217
Petrified Forest, AZ 86028-2217
Phone: 928-524-6228
Featured in the park are petrified logs composed of multicolored quartz; shortgrass prairie; part of the Painted Desert; and archeological, paleontological, historic, and cultural resources.
Pipe Spring National Monument
Pipe Spring National Monument
HC 65, Box 5
Fredonia, AZ 86022
Phone: 928-643-7105
The springs at this location have sustained hundreds of years of cultural occupation.The Ancestral Puebloan culture thrived here, followed by the Paiute people and Mormon pioneers. Historic structures associated with the 1870s pioneer ranching operation remain.
Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park
3693 South Old
Spanish Trail
Tucson, AZ 85730-5601
Phone: 520-733-5100
Giant saguaro cacti, unique to the Sonoran Desert, cover the valley floor and rise into the neighboring mountains. Five biotic life zones are represented here, from desert to ponderosa pine forest. There are also ancient petroglyphs.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
6400 N. Highway 89
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
Phone: 928-526-0502
This volcanic cinder cone with summit crater was formed just before 1100. Its upper part is colored as if by a sunset.
Tonto National Monument
Tonto National Monument
HC 2, Box 4602
Roosevelt, AZ 85545
Phone: 928-467-2241
Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the Salado Culture farmed the Salt River Basin, leaving behind these well-preserved cliff dwellings.
Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tumacacori National Historical Park
P.O. Box 67
Tumacacori, AZ 85640-0067
Phone: 520-398-2341
This historic Spanish Catholic mission building stands near the site first visited by Jesuit Father Kino in 1691.The park includes two other separate mission ruins sites, Calabazas and Guevavi, that are not yet open to the public. The primary site at Tumacacori includes a partially restored Franciscan church that is still used to celebrate special events.
Tuzigoot National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument
P.O. Box 219
Camp Verde, AZ 86322-0219
Phone: 928-567-5276
Ruins of a large Indian pueblo that flourished in the Verde Valley between 1100 and 1450 have been excavated here.
