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Chiricahua National Monument
Contact Us

By Mail:
Superintendent
Chiricahua National Monument
12856 East Rhyolite Creek Road
Willcox, AZ 85643

By Phone:
520-824-3560

By Fax:
520-824-3421

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Sunrise through the Great Kiva's windows  

Did You Know?
Ancestral Pueblo peoples at Chaco Canyon and Chimney Rock used sun and shadows to track the changing of the seasons. Recent studies indicate the Great Kiva windows at Aztec were purposely aligned to solar and lunar events as well. Was this an astronomical observatory?

Last Updated: April 03, 2007 at 17:18 EST