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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 ...
Located in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America, even taller than Everest if you measure it from base to summit.At 20,310 feet above sea ...
The Salinan and Chumash tribes consider Morro Rock to be a sacred site. The Salinan name for Morro Rock is Le'samo and the Chumash name is Lisamu. [10]The Chumash had an important nearby prehistoric settlement at least as early as the Millingstone Horizon (6500-2000 B.C.E.), and the village was near the mouth of Morro Creek, at the current site of Morro Bay High School.
It is located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek, between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow. A stairway, designed by the National Park Service and built in 1931, is cut into and poured onto the rock, so that visitors can hike to the top. The view from the rock encompasses much of the Park, including the Great Western Divide.
Wheeler Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range Carlsbad Caverns National Park White Sands National Park Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge Shiprock With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2 ), [ 1 ] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state , after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana.
English: El Morro National Monument, 2 miles west of El Morro via State Road 53 El Morro This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
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