New Mexico Parks and Recreation Areas with National Historic Park

Chaco is remarkable for its monumental public and ceremonial buildings, and its distinctive architecture. To construct the buildings, along with the associated Chacoan roads, ramps, dams, and mounds, required a great deal of well organized and skillful planning, designing, resource gathering, and construction. The Chacoan people combined pre-planned architectural designs, astronomical alignments, geometry, landscaping, and engineering to create an ancient urban center of spectacular public architecture - one that still amazes and inspires us a thousand years later read more...

Phone: 505-786-7014   Price Range: $4 - $8   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Nageezi   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Park   Activities: Biking / Bicycling, Hiking, Camping, Nature Walks   Details Provided By: Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Pecos preserves 12,000 years of history including the ancient pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites, 20th century ranch history of Forked Lightning Ranch, and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. read more...

Phone: (505) 757-6414x1   Price Range: $0 - $3   Open Season: N/A   Camping: Yes
Nearest Popular City: Pecos   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Park   Activities:   Details Provided By: Pecos National Historical Park