National Parks - New Mexico
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Aztec Ruins National Monument
Designated a World Heritage Site, monument preserves structures and artifacts of a 12th century Pueblo Indian community.Bandelier National Monument
The ruins of many cliff houses of 13th-century Pueblo Indians can be seen on the slopes of the Pajarito Plateau.Capulin Volcano National Monument
This symmetrical cinder cone is an interesting example of a geologically recent inactive volcano.Carlsbad Caverns National Park
This World Heritage Site includes a series of connected caverns, including the nation's deepest limestone cave.Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Features 13 major archeological sites that represent the highest point of Pueblo pre-Columbian civilization.El Malpais National Monument
Outstanding volcanic area, featuring spatter cones, a 17-mile-long lava tube system, and ice caves. Area also rich in Pueblo Indian history.El Morro National Monument
Features "Inscription Rock," a soft sandstone monolith that rises 200 feet above the valley floor and includes hundreds of carved inscriptions.Fort Union National Monument
During it s forty-year history, three different forts were built on this site -- a key supply point on the Santa Fe Trail.Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Features well-preserved Indian cliff dwellings that were inhabited from the 1280s through the early 1300s.Pecos National Historical Park
Preserves 10,000 years of history, including the pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass.Petroglyph National Monument
More than 15,000 prehistoric and historic Native American and Hispanic petroglyphs stretch 17 miles along Albuquerque's West Mesa escarpment.Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Preserves four of six surviving 17th-century mission churches in the US and three of the largest Pueblo Indian villages, which date back at least 7,000 years.White Sands National Monument
Preserves a portion of the world's largest gypsum dunefield, along with the plants and animals that have adapted to this environment.
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