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El Morro National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.Located on an ancient east–west trail in the western part of the state, the monument preserves the remains of a large prehistoric pueblo atop a great sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base, which subsequently became a landmark where over the centuries explorers and travelers have ...
El Morro National Monument is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the community on Highway 53, along the old Zuni-Acoma Trail, an ancient Pueblo trade route also known as the Ancient Way. El Morro is an artist community and home of the El Morro Area Arts Council, an art gallery, a trading post / coffee shop, cafe, RV park & campgrounds, feed ...
There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. All of the places within the county listed on the National Register, with the exception of Acoma , Hawikuh , and San Estevan Del Rey Mission Church , are also recorded on the State Register of Cultural Properties .
Evon, known by all as "Skeeter", and by the Navajo as Pesoteaje ("Little Fat Pig"), was the first Custodian of El Morro National Monument, also known as Inscription Rock, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of their ranch.
Other key sites are the El Morro National Monument and El Malpais National Monument. [4] A great portion of the land in northwestern New Mexico belongs to the Navajo Nation. [5] The route traverses multiple roads, including U.S. Route 64, U.S. Route 550, NM 57, NM 122 and other state, county and Navajo Nation roads. [7]
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument: November 16, 1907: Silver City: Catron: Cliff dwellings from the 1280s through the early 1300s 7: Pecos National Historical Park: June 28, 1965: Santa Fe: Santa Fe and San Miguel: Includes parts of Glorieta Pass Battlefield, an NHL, as well as a mission and other areas. 8: Petroglyph National Monument ...
The Zuñi Mountains are located at , surrounded by the Zuni Indian Reservation, the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation, and El Morro National Monument to the southwest, El Malpais National Monument to the south, Acoma Pueblo to the east, and the Navajo Nation to the north. The towns of Grants, Gallup, and Ramah are located northeast, northwest ...
Dry Tortugas National Park; El Morro National Monument (Ramah, New Mexico) "Inscription Rock" is a soft sandstone monolith on which are carved hundreds of inscriptions. Included are inscriptions of the Spanish explorers and settlers of the American Southwest. Fort Matanzas National Monument (St. Augustine, Florida)