19 parks in New Mexico
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National Monument
Aztec Ruins National Monument
New Mexico
Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec We…
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National Monument
Bandelier National Monument
New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of ruggedly beautiful canyon and mesa country. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and st…
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National Historic Trail
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
Arizona, Arkansas, California +4
In 1857, businessman and transportation entrepreneur John Butterfield was awarded a contract to establish an overland mail route between the eastern United States an…
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National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
New Mexico
Part of the 8,000 square mile Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field, Capulin Volcano showcases the volcanic geology of northeastern New Mexico. The views are spectacular day…
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National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New Mexico
High ancient sea ledges, deep rocky canyons, flowering cactus, and desert wildlife—treasures above the ground in the Chihuahuan Desert. Hidden beneath the surface ar…
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National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
New Mexico
Explore the monumental structures and breathtaking landscape at Chaco, a thriving regional center for the ancestral Pueblo people from 850 to 1250 CE (Common Era), t…
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National Historic Trail
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
New Mexico, Texas
Travel along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail to experience and learn from a complicated legacy of 300 years of conflict, cooperation, and cu…
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National Monument
El Malpais National Monument
New Mexico
The richly diverse volcanic landscape of El Malpais (el-mal-pie-EES) offers solitude, recreation, and adventure. Explore incredible geologic features such as young l…
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National Monument
El Morro National Monument
New Mexico
Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popu…
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National Monument
Fort Union National Monument
New Mexico
Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, and along the eroded Santa Fe Trail, lie the adobe walled ruins of the largest 19th century mil…
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National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
New Mexico
For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (South…
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National Historical Park
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
New Mexico, Tennessee, Washington
The Manhattan Project is one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It ushered in the nuclear age with the development of the world’s first atomic bo…
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National Historic Trail
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Arizona, California, Colorado +3
Follow the routes of mule pack trains across the Southwest on the Old Spanish National Historic Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California. New…
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National Historical Park
Pecos National Historical Park
New Mexico
Pecos is a natural and cultural crossroads through which hunters, gatherers, traders, missionaries, immigrants, soldiers, ranchers, and other travelers passed and li…
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National Monument
Petroglyph National Monument
New Mexico
Petroglyph National Monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America, featuring designs and symbols carved onto volcanic rocks by Native Americ…
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National Monument
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
New Mexico
Tucked away in the middle of New Mexico you’ll find Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Its three distinct sites offer a glimpse into a unique time in history…
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National Historic Trail
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri +2
You can almost hear the whoops and cries of "All's set!" as trail hands hitched their oxen to freight wagons carrying cargo between western Missouri and Santa Fe, Ne…
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National Preserve
Valles Caldera National Preserve
New Mexico
About 1.2 million years ago, a spectacular volcanic eruption created a 14-mile-wide circular depression in the earth now known as Valles Caldera. The preserve is kno…
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National Park
White Sands National Park
New Mexico
Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum s…
