Bandelier National Monument

Contact Information:
Bandelier National Monument
HCR 1, Box 1, Suite 15
Los Alamos, NM 87544
505-672-3861 x517
http://www.nps.gov/band/

Size: 33,677 acres

Visitation: 285,710 (2003)

Location: Bandelier National Monument is located 48 miles (by road) northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. From Santa Fe, travel north on 285/84 to Pojoaque, then west on NM 502 and south on NM 4. From Albuquerque take I-25 north to NM 44 to NM 4.

Description: On the canyon-slashed slopes of the Pajarito Plateau are the ruins of many cliff houses and villages of 13th-century Pueblo Indians.

Bandelier National Monument courtesy of the National Park Service

Operating Hours: Bandelier National Monument is open daily. Summer: Visitor Center, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Winter: Visitor Center, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Spring/Fall: Visitor Center, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Frijoles Canyon and Tsankawi: dawn to dusk. Closed December 25, January 1.

History: Proclaimed on February 11, 1916; transferred from Forest Service on February 25, 1932. Wilderness designated on October 20, 1976.

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