New Mexico
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:22Aztec Ruins National Monument
84 County Road 2900
Aztec, NM 87410-9715
Phone: 505-334-6174
Building remains of this large 12th-century Pueblo Indian community have been partially excavated and stabilized.
Bandelier National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:22Bandelier National Monument
H.C.R 1, Box 1
Suite 15
Los Alamos, NM 87544-9701
Phone: 505-672-3861
On the mesa tops and canyon walls of the Pajarito Plateau are the remains of 13th-century Pueblo Indians' cliff houses and villages.
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:23Capulin Volcano National Monument
P.O. Box 40
Capulin, NM 88414-0040
Phone: 505-278-2201
This symmetrical cinder cone is an interesting example of a geologically recent, inactive volcano.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:23Carlsbad Caverns National Park
3225 National Parks Highway
Carlsbad, NM 88220-5354
Phone: 505-785-2232
This series of connected caverns, with one of the world's largest underground chambers, has countless formations. The park contains 85 separate caves, including the nation's deepest limestone cave--1,567 feet--and third longest.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:25Chaco Culture National Historical Park
P.O. Box 220
Nageezi, NM 87037
Phone: 505-786-7014
The canyon contains 13 major prehistoric sites and hundreds of smaller ones, built by the Ancestral Puebloan People.
El Malpais National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:26El Malpais National Monument
123 East Roosevelt Avenue
Grants, NM 87020
Phone: 505-285-4641
El Malpais is a spectacular volcanic area, featuring cinder cones, a 17-mile-long lava tube system, and ice caves. The area is also rich in ancient Pueblo and Navajo Indian history and features diverse ecosystems.
El Morro National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:26El Morro National Monument
Route 2, Box 43
Ramah, NM 87321-9603
Phone: 505-783-4226
"Inscription Rock" is a 200-foot sandstone monolith on which are carved thousands of inscriptions from early travelers. The monument also includes pre-Columbian petroglyphs and the remains of Pueblo Indian dwellings.
Fort Union National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:27Fort Union National Monument
P.O. Box 127
Watrous, NM 87753-0127
Phone: 505-425-8025
Remnants of the Southwest's largest frontier fort, which played a key role in the Indian Wars and the Confederate defeat at Glorieta Pass, are preserved here. A large network of Santa Fe Trail ruts is still visible on the prairie.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:28Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Route 11, Box 100
Silver City, NM 88061-0100
Phone: 505-536-9461
These well-preserved cliff dwellings were inhabited from about 1280 to the early 1300s.
Pecos National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:28Pecos National Historical Park
P.O. Box 418
Pecos, NM 87552-0418
Phone: 505-757-6414
The park preserves 12,000 years of human history, including the remains of Pecos Pueblo and many other American Indian structures, Spanish colonial missions, homesteads of the Mexican era, a section of the Santa Fe Trail, sites related to the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass, and a 20th-century ranch.
