Arizona
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:28Canyon de Chelly National Monument
P.O. Box 588
Chinle, AZ 86503-0588
Phone: 928-674-5500
In canyon wall alcoves and at the base of sheer red cliffs are remains of American Indian villages built between 350 and 1300. Navajos live and farm here today.
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:29Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
1100 Ruins Drive
Coolidge, AZ 85228-3200
Phone: 520-723-3172
This multi-storied, earthen-walled structure surrounded by the remains of smaller buildings and a compound wall was constructed by the Hohokam, who farmed the Gila Valley in the early 1200s. Casa Grande was abandoned by the mid-1400s.
Chiricahua National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:30Chiricahua National Monument
13063 East Bonita Canyon Road
Willcox, AZ 85643-9737
Phone: 520-824-3560
The rock formations here were created millions of years ago by volcanic activity, resulting in a landscape of rare beauty. Faraway Ranch, a cattle ranch/guest ranch, has been restored.
Coronado National Memorial
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:30Coronado National Memorial
4101 E Montezuma Canyon Rd
Hereford, AZ 85615-9376
Phone: 520-366-5515
In a natural setting on the Mexican border, the memorial both commemorates the first organized expedition into the Southwest led by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1540 and affirms the ties that bind the United States to Mexico and Spain.
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:31Fort Bowie National Historic Site
3203 S. Old Fort Bowie Rd.
Bowie, AZ 85605-0158
Phone: 520-847-2500
Established in 1862, the fort was the focal point of military operations against Geronimo and his band of Apaches. The site also preserves part of the Butterfield Overland Mail Route.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 16:10Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 1507
Page, AZ 86040-1507
Phone: 928-608-6200
The area encompasses more than a million acres of the nation's most rugged canyon country on the Colorado Plateau. Lake Powell stretches 186 miles behind Glen Canyon Dam; its 1,960 miles of shoreline provide a variety of water-recreation activities.
Grand Canyon National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:31Grand Canyon National Park
P.O. Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023-0129
Phone: 928-638-7888
The park, focusing on the world-famous Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, encompasses 277 miles of the river, with adjacent uplands, from the southern terminus of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the eastern boundary of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The forces of erosion have exposed an immense variety of formations which illustrate vast periods of geological history.
Hohokam Pima National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:32Hohokam Pima National Monument
c/o Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
1100 Ruins Drive
Coolidge, AZ 85228-3200
Phone: 520-723-3172
Preserved here are the archeological remains of the Hohokam culture. Hohokam is a Pima Indian word meaning "those who have gone." NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 19:33Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
P.O. Box 150
Ganado, AZ 86505-0150
Phone: 928-755-3475
Little changed since its opening in 1878, Hubbell is one of the oldest continuously operated posts on the Navajo Reservation. It has been a bridge between cultures for generations.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 20:18Lake Mead National Recreation Area
601 Nevada Highway
Boulder City, NV 89005-2426
Phone: 702-293-8920
Lake Mead, formed by Hoover Dam, and Lake Mohave, by Davis Dam on the Colorado River, and over one million acres of surrounding desert and mountains compose this first national recreation area established by an act of Congress.
