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

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El Morro National Monument

Visitors who hike the extra mile are rewarded with spectacular views of the surrounding area as well as the ruins atop El Morro.

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	El Morro National Monument PHOTOS

	Inscriptions (10 Photos) Spanish and English inscriptions carved into the rock between 1605 and 1906 View Album \| View Slideshow

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Vistas

Dakota Sandstone

image of Dakota Sandstone

From the Bluff Top

The view from the top of the bluff

Hand-carved Steps

Image of hand-carved steps on the mesa top

North side of rock

Image of the north side of the rock

Sandstone formation

image of a sandstone formation

The bluff at El Morro

Image of the bluff at El Morro

The dog on the rock

Image of a dog on the rock

The Headland Trail

The Headland Trail

The rock at sunrise

Image of the rock at sunrise

The Top of the Bluff

The Top of the Bluff

Tinaja

Image of a tinaja

View of the Point of El Morro

Image of the point of El Morro

	El Morro Wildlife (11 Photos) Images of just some of the wildlife found within El Morro National Monument View Album \| View Slideshow


			Did You Know? El Morro National Monument's avian claim to fame is the White-throated Swift, which was described to science for the very first time here in 1851, by Dr. S. W. Woodhouse of the Sitgreaves Expedition.

Last Updated: July 02, 2008 at 16:39 EST