Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
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Contact Information:
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
P.O. Box 517
Mountainair, NM 87036
505-847-2585
http://www.nps.gov/sapu/
Size: 1,071 acres
Location: Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument's visitor center can be reached by taking I-25 south from Albuquerque to Belen, then NM 47 diagonally to US 60, then east 21 miles to Mountainair. Park's three primary archeological sites are all located within 25 miles of the visitor center.
Description: Park preserves and interprets the best remaining examples of 17th-century Spanish Franciscan mission churches and conventos remaining in the United States and three large Pueblo Indian villages. The Salinas sites have been abandoned since the 1670s.
Activities: Visitors can walk the interpretive trail through the missions and pueblos, sightsee at the three historic sites, visit the museums, picnic, or birdwatch.Operating
Hours: From Memorial Day through Labor Day park is
open from 9:00am - 6:00pm. During the rest of the year, it is open from 9:00am - 5:00pm.
History: Proclaimed Gran Quivira National Monument on November 1, 1909; name changed to Salinas National Monument and area enlarged on December 19, 1980; two state monuments absorbed on November 2, 1981; name changed on October 28, 1988.
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