El Morro National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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Paso por aqui . . .

A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popular campsite. Ancestral Puebloans and Spanish and American travelers carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, messages, and petroglyphs for hundreds of years. We invite you to make El Morro a stopping point during your travels.

Experience all El Morro has to offer by hiking the trail.

Trails

A ½-mile loop trail leads to the historic pool and past hundreds of inscriptions and petroglyphs. Continuing to the top of the bluff for the breathtaking views and Ancestral Puebloan ruins makes this a two-mile loop trail.
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A Park Ranger guides a group to the top of the bluff at El Morro.

Ranger Programs

Explore El Morro and nearby El Malpais National Monuments this summer with Ranger-led programs. We are offering guided hikes, cave tours, and bat flights. Click to see our schedule (124k PDF file).
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Image of a Spanish Inscription carved by Ramon Garcia Jurado in 1709.

Inscription Preservation

Inscriptions and petroglyphs carved into soft sandstone won't be here forever. Find out what the National Park Service is doing to delay the effects of weathering, erosion and time on these fascinating links to our past.
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Write to

El Morro National Monument
HC 61 Box 43
Ramah, NM 87321

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Phone

Visitor Center
(505) 783-4226 ext. 0

Monument Headquarters
(505) 285-4641 ext. 0

Fax

(505) 783-4689

Climate

At an elevation of 7,219 feet (2200 meters) winters can be cold, snowy and windy. Summers are warm with afternoon thunder showers in July and August.
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