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Aztec Ruins National Monument
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Aztec Ruins Trail Access
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Aztec Ruins Trail Accessibility Map


Mobility-Impaired Assistance
: The visitor center, restrooms, picnic tables, and much of the trail are wheelchair accessible. The antechamber looking down into the Great Kiva accommodates most wheelchairs, 29" wide or less. Visitors can also borrow a park wheelchair at the visitor center. An adobe.pdf accessibility map of trail areas is available: click "management documents" on the right, and then click the document titled "Aztec Ruins Accessibility Map."

Hearing-Impaired Assistance: A printed trail guide is available for the self-guided tour. The regularly presented video program plays in closed-caption format. With at least two weeks notice a sign language interpreter is available during the summer and on weekends the rest of the year. 

Sight-Impaired Assistance: A sculpture of West Ruin and replica artifacts are available for handling in the visitor center. Portable cassette players allow blind visitors to take a self-guided audio tour. Large print trail guides aid visitors with limited vision.

Telephone Assistance: Persons calling by telephone may contact us through a TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf); please allow for signals and sufficient hookup time: (505) 334-6174 then dial 30.

Inside the Great Kiva  

Did You Know?
A place of worship, council, and social interaction, the Great Kiva was the core of an ancient Pueblo community at Aztec Ruins. Submerged within the central plaza, this room is the oldest and largest reconstructed “great kiva” anywhere.

Last Updated: January 15, 2007 at 20:30 EST