You may also contact our area Chambers of Commerce for information on hotels in Grants (42 miles east of El Morro) and Gallup (52 miles northwest of El Morro):
Did You Know?
Early Spanish travelers called the questa El Morro, which is Spanish for the headland or the bluff. Subsequent American travelers referred to El Morro as Inscription Rock, but when it came to naming the National Monument in 1906, the earlier Spanish name persevered.