Parks & Monuments

PARKS & MONUMENTS

Links: ~ Arches Nat Mon ~ Aztec Ruins ~ Bandelier Nat. Mon. ~ Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness ~

Canyon de Chelly ~ Canyon Diablo ~ Canyonlands NP ~ Chaco Canyon & Culture ~ Chimney Rock ~

Coal Mine Canyon ~ Comb Ridge ~ Dead Horse Point ~ Edge of the Cedars ~ Glen Canyon ~ Great Sand Dunes ~

Hovenweep NM. ~ Mesa Verde NP ~ Monument Valley ~ Mule Canyon Ruin ~ Natural Bridges ~ Navajo Nat Mon. ~

Newspaper Rock ~ Painted Desert ~ Petrified Forest ~ Pikes Stockade ~ Rainbow Bridge ~ Red Rock State Park ~

Salmon Ruins ~ Slot Canyons ~ Valley of the Gods ~ Moki Dugway ~ Wupatki Nar. Mon. ~

~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

ARCHES NATIONAL MONUMENT Link: GRAND Co UT

AZTEC RUINS Link: SAN JUAN Co NM

~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT

45 Minutes northwest of Santa Fe NM at San Ysidro on US 550

(14 Miles Northwest of Bernalillo NM) take exit north on NM 4 – Drive

over the mountains, North, then east to the Park. OR At Pojoaque Pueblo

on US 285 turn West on NM 502, Drive about 8 miles to junction With NM 4.

Drive on NM 4, West to Park -

Bandelier National Monument – NPS Site -

http://www.nps.gov/band/

Bandelier National Monument – Links – Photos – Desert USA Site –

http://www.desertusa.com/ban/

Bandelier National Monument – Links – Photos – American SW Site –

http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/bandelier/national_monument.html

Banderlier National Monument – 2 Pages of Large Photos – by Steve Schmorleitz –

http://www.nationalparklover.com/bandelier.htm

~ BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

BISTI BADLANDS/DE-NA-ZIN WILDERNESS

Take Vietnam Memorial NM 371 south - between Farmington & Crownpoint NM. About 29 Miles South of

Farmington, turn east on access road which goes northeast off NM 371, about 17 miles to Wilderness Area.

Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness – Text – NM Public Lands Site -

http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=87

Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness – MAP – NM Public Lands Site –

http://www.publiclands.org/explore/quadrant_map.php?id=87&site_name=Bisti-De-Na-Zin%20Wilderness&quad=1&plicstate=NM

Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness – Text – Photos - MAP – Sangres Site -

http://www.sangres.com/newmexico/wilderness/bisti.htm

Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness – Text – Photos – Summit Post Site -

http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/548299/bisti-de-na-zin-wilderness-nm.html

Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness – Photos – Aztec NM Site –

http://www.aztecnm.com/newmexico/bisti/visit.htm

Bisti & De-Na-Zin Wilderness Areas - Photos by James Orr –

http://jamesorr.smugmug.com/gallery/86146

Bisti Badlands – MAP – Information – BLM Pamplet -

http://www.hanksville.org/voyage/misc/bisti.html

~ Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS

New Mexico’s Bisti Badlands – “Nature’s Sculpture Garden” - Photos & Text by Jay W. Sharp –

Desert USA Site -

http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/may/stories/bisti.html

The Bisti Badlands – American SW Site -

http://www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/bisti_badlands/

Bisti Badlands, Links to Photos – by Robert Chavez – Links to Other Great Photos -

http://www.robertchavez.com/chavez/bisti/index.html

De-Na-Zin - Photographs by Robert Chavez – Links to Photos -

http://www.robertchavez.com/chavez/denazin/

De-Na-Zin Wilderness –Text - MAP – Links – Hanksville Site -

http://www.hanksville.org/voyage/misc/denazin.html

De-Na-Zin Area – Narrative -Wetherill Trading Post Site

http://www.indianweaving.com/wetherill.html

Dinosaurs in NM – NM Museum of Natural History & Science –

http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/timetracks.html

Bisiti Beast – NM Natural History Site –

http://nmnaturalhistory.newmexicoculture.org/the-bisti-beast

New Mexico’s Seacoast – – NM Natural History Site –

http://nmnaturalhistory.newmexicoculture.org/cretaceous.html

Area Links: ~ SAN JUAN Co NM ~

~ MC KINLEY Co NM ~ EASTERN AGENCY ~

~ Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT Link: CHINILE AGENCY -

~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

CANYON DIABLO

North off US I-40 (between Flagstaff & Winslow AZ) at Two Guns AZ, Turn North to Canyon Diablo

Canyon Diablo Town – Many Photos – Ghost Towns Site -

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/canyondiablo.html

Canyon Diablo meaner than Tombstone – Text – Photos – Legends of America Site –

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-canyondiablo.html

MAP of Canyon Diablo & Tombstone at end of site –

http://www.theroadwanderer.net/route66AZ.htm

Canyon Diablo – Its Devilish History – by Ann T. Strickland 1994 –

http://www.rerowland.com/canyon_diablo.html

Photo of a Train traveling on a railroad bridge over Canyon Diablo – Photo –

http://picsdigger.com/image/805a2274/

~ CANYON DIABLO ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

Canyon Diablo Train Robbery – Article with Photos by Buck O’Neal – Tombstone Epitaph News –

AZ Foto Site -

http://www.arizfoto.com/diablo_2.html

Railroad Ghosts of Canyon Diablo – Text – Photos – MAP – Information on Train

Robberies – The Road Wanderer Site -

http://www.theroadwanderer.net/railghosts.htm

Tolchico Ghosttown Photo - E of US 89 N of Canyon Diablo –

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/tolchico.html

Canyon Diablo to Tolchaco – Navajo US Mail Carrier –1905 Photo – NAU Site –

http://www6.nau.edu/library/scadb/imagedisplay.cfm?item_num=370&type=Image

Two Guns Historical Narrative by Gladwell Richardson –

http://www.hkhinc.com/arizona/twoguns/history.htm

Two Guns, Ghost Town near Canyon Diablo – Text with Photos – Ghost Towns Site -

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/twoguns.html

Two Guns – Aerial View – 1962 Photo – NAU Site –

http://www6.nau.edu/library/scadb/imagedisplay.cfm?item_num=10261&type=Image

Canyon Diablo Meteorite crashed to earth 20,000 – 50,000 years ago –D

http://www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca/Information/Expo_Meteorites/Vedettes/canyondiablo_a.html

Meter Crater – “The best preserved meteor crater in the world” -

http://www.meteorcrater.com/

Barringer Crater – Text – Photos – Images -

http://www.barringercrater.com/science/

Meteor Crater – Text – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Crater

~ CANYON DIABLO ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK Link to: SAN JUAN Co UT

CHACO CANYON & CULTURE

About 37 miles South of Bloomfield NM on US 550, Turn West at Nageezi onto NM 57 -

Road is paved only part of the way - road veers Southwest to the Chaco Canyon Park.

Chaco Canyon – National Park Service Site –

http://www.nps.gov/chcu/

Chaco Culture National Historic Park – Text with Photos – Rozylowicz Family Site -

http://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/chaco/chaco.html

Chaco Culture Pueblo Ruins – Photos by James Orr –

http://jamesorr.smugmug.com/gallery/86166

Chaco Canyon National Historic Park – 13 Pages of Large Photos – By Steve Schmorleitz –

http://www.nationalparklover.com/chaco01.htm

~ Chaco Canyon & Culture ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

Pueblo Bonito #2 – Chaco Canyon – Kite Aerial Photography -

http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/gallery/gal151.html

Pueblo Bonito - Aerial Photo – Terraserver Site –

http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?S=10&T=1&X=1166&Y=19973&Z=13&W=2

The material culture of Pueblo Bonito – Text – http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2005_Q4_3/uvaBook/tei/z000000505.xml;chunk.id=d20;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d20;brand=default

Great Kiwa Photo – Chaco Canyon by Massimo Casulini -

http://www.msoft.it/pages/casulini/mc19.htm

~ Chaco Canyon & Culture ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

Kin Bineola Ruins – 12 Miles SW of Chaco -Text – Photo - SW Archaeology Site -

http://www.100megspopup.com/photo4phood/swarch/kinbineolaindex.html

Satellite Image of Casa Rinconada Kiva in Chaco Canyon – Satellite Imaging Corp. Site

http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery/casa-rinconada.html

Sun Dagger at Chaco Canyon – Lapahie Site –

http://www.lapahie.com/Chaco_Sun_Dagger.cfm

Chaco Canyon Sun Dagger - Solstice Project Site -

http://www.solsticeproject.org/about.html

“The Great North Road” A Cosmographic Expression of the Chaco Culture of New Mexico –

Text – MAPS – Photos - by Anna Sofaer – Solstice Project Site -

http://www.solsticeproject.org/greanort.htm

Chaco Roads by John Kanter – Text – MAPS – UC Site -

http://www.colorado.edu/Conferences/chaco/roads.htm

Ancient Roads – Modern Mapping – Text – MAPS - by John Kanter –

http://www.sarweb.org/kantner/pdfs/KantnerExped.pdf

Chaco Canyon – Link to Prehistoric Roadways – Global Hydrology & Climate Center Site –

http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/archeology/chaco.html

Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest – Text – Links – Photos - CPLUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/People/sw_archaeoastronomy.htm

Solar Astronomy in the Prehistoric SW – Links to Sites – by P. Charbonneaa, O.R. White &

T.J. Bogdan – HAO Site –

http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/archeoIndex.php

“Sun Watchers: A Survey of Chacon Astronomical Sites” by Dennis Ward – Text - Images

http://eo.ucar.edu/staff/dward/sao/dward607project.pdf

Lunar Markings on Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon – Text – Photos – Solstice Project Site -

http://www.solsticeproject.org/lunarmark.htm

~ Chaco Canyon & Culture ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

CHIMNEY ROCK Link: ARCHULETA Co CO

COAL MINE CANYON Link: SOUTH WESTERN AGENCY

COMB RIDGE Link: SAN JUAN Co UT

DEAD HORSE POINT Link: GRAND Co UT

EDGE OF THE CEDARS Link: SAN JUAN Co UT

GLEN CANYON NAT. REC. AREA Link: COLORADO RIVER

GREAT SAND DUNES NAT. MONUMENT Link: ALAMOSA Co CO

HOVENWEEP NATIONAL MONUMENT Link: SAN JUAN Co UT

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK Link to: MONTEZUMA Co CO

MONUMENT VALLEY NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK Link: WESTERN AGENCY

MULE CANYON RUIN Link: SAN JUAN Co UT

~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT

30 Miles West of Blanding Utah

Take UT 95 West off US 191 (about 5 miles South of Blanding UT)

Go West on UT 95 about 30 miles, to Fork with UT 275 which

Goes to Natural Bridges Entrance -

Natural Bridges National Monument – NPS Site -

http://www.nps.gov/nabr/

Utah’s Natural Bridges: “Hiking into the 13^th Century” – Cyberwest Site -

http://www.cyberwest.com/cw12/12adwst1.html

Natural Bridges National Monument – Photos – Information – Sangres Site –

http://sangres.com/np/naturalbridges.htm

Natural Bridges National Monument – Photos – Moab-UT Site –

http://www.moab-utah.com/photo/naturalbridges/

Natural Bridges National Monument – Large Photos – by Steve Schmorleitz –

http://www.nationalparklover.com/natural_bridges01.htm

“Natural Bridges Loop” – Utah’s Favorite Hiking Trails – David Day –

Utah Trails Site –

http://www.utahtrails.com/Bridges.html

MAP of Natural Bridges & Natural Bridges Loop – American SW Site -

http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/natural_bridges/map.html

Dinosaur Petroglyphs at Natural Bridges – Text – Links – by Doug Sharp -

http://www.rae.org/dinoglyph.html

~ NATURAL BRIDGES ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT Link to: WESTERN AGENCY NAVAJO NATION

NEWSPAPER ROCK STATE PARK Link to: SAN JUAN Co UT

~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

PAINTED DESERT

Large Desert Area, Southern Navajo Nation – Information: at the

Petrified Forest National Park - about 60 Miles SW of Gallup on US I-40

Painted Desert & Petrified Forest National Park - NPS Site

http://www.nps.gov/pefo/

Painted Desert – Text – Photos – Links – Wikipedia Site -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Desert,_Arizona

The Painted Desert Inn – Link to Virtual Tour –

http://www.nps.gov/pefo/historyculture/pdi.htm

Painted Desert Photos by Galen Frysinger -

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/painted_desert_arizona.htm

Painted Desert Photos by Patric Du Breuil –

http://www.patricdubreuil.com/2k2pd/10/index.htm

Painted Desert – Large Photo –

http://pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=&pg=5495

Area Link: FT DEFIANCE AGENCY ~ WESTERN AGENCY ~

Gallup NM Link to MC KINLEY Co NM ~

~ PAINTED DESERT ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK

About 60 Miles Southwest of Gallup NM on US I-40

Petrified Forest National Park - NPS Site

http://www.nps.gov/pefo/siteindex.htm

Petrified Forest National Park, Tourist Information - Links -

http://www.petrified.forest.national-park.com/

Petrified Forest National Park – Text – Photos – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrified_Forest_National_Park

Petrified Forest Photos by Galen Frysinger –

http://www.galenfrysinger.com/petrified_forest_arizona.htm

Petrified Forest National Park – Photos – Links – Info – Rozylowicz Family Site -

http://www.rozylowicz.com/retirement/petrified-forest/petrified-forest.html

Area Link: FT DEFIANCE AGENCY ~ WESTERN AGENCY ~

GALLUP NM Link: MC KINLEY Co NM ~

~ PETRIFIED FOREST ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

PIKES STOCKADE Link: CONEJOS Co CO

RAINBOW BRIDGE NATIONAL MONUMENT Link: WESTERN AGENCY

RED ROCK STATE PARK Link: McKINLEY Co NM

SALMON RUINS Link: SAN JUAN Co NM

~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

SLOT CANYONS

These Lake Powell Slot Canyons are in Utah & Arizona

Kayak Lake Powell Slot Canyons – MAP – Text – Utah Outdoors Site –

http://utahoutdoors.com/pages/powellkayak.htm

Slot Canyons - Canyoneering: Waterholes Canyons – Crystal Canyons Photography Site -

http://www.crystalcanyons.net/Pages/TripReports/PageRV_TR.htm

Slot Canyons of the American Southwest – Text - Photos – Many Links –

American Southwest Site –

http://www.americansouthwest.net/slot_canyons/index.html

Slot Canyons – General Information – Links – Summitpost Site -

http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/178925/Technical-Slot-Canyons-of-the-Colorado-Plateau.html

Narrows & Slot Canyons – Photos by Laurant Martres -

http://www.phototripusa.com/e_gallery_0798.html

Antelope Canyon Navajo Tours –

http://www.navajotours.com/

Antelope Slot Canyon Tours –

http://www.antelopeslotcanyon.com/

Antelope Canyon Tours –

http://www.antelopecanyon.com/

Buckhorn Llama Co. Inc.- Guided Llama Pack Trips –

http://www.llamapack.com/

Overland Canyon Tours –

http://www.overlandcanyontours.com/

~ SLOT CANYONS ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

VALLEY OF THE GODS

From Bluff UTY go West on Highway 163 for 17 miles, turn right at signed

turn-off, onto dirt road. From Mexican Hat, go East on Highway 163

for 7 miles – Go left at signed turn off. 17 miles unpaved loop road.

Link: ~ MOKI DUGWAY ~

Valley of the Gods – Text – Photos - American SW Site

http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/mexican_hat/valley_of_the_gods.html

Pinnacles Photo - Valley of the Gods – American SW Site

http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/mexican_hat/vog_l.html

Valley of the Gods – Photos with Text – AmWest-Travel Site -

http://www.amwest-travel.com/awt_valleyofgods.html

Valley of the Gods – Photos – P Base Site -

http://www.pbase.com/kleb7842/valley_of_the_gods

Valley of the Gods MAP – Zippity do dah Site –

http://www.zippitydodah.com/vog/maps/

Valley of the Gods B&B – Historic Stone-Ranch House – Zippity do dah Site -

http://www.zippitydodah.com/vog/

Area Link: ~ SAN JUAN Co UT ~

~ VALLEY OF THE GODS ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

MOKI DUGWAY

Southwest of Bluff UT on US 163, at Junction with UT 261.

Take UT 261 North to Moki Dugway in the Valley of the Gods

Moki Dugway – Text with Photos – Midwest Roads Site -

http://www.midwestroads.com/otherstates/mokidugway/

MAP – Moki Dugway – Satellite Views Site -

http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/g.cgi?fid=1435972&state=UT&ftype=slope

Moki Dugway – Panoramic Photo –

http://www.pbase.com/image/2413569

Moki Dugway You Tube Video –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mdW2Uro9A

Moki Dugway – Drop Off - Cycling Photos – Automatic Slideshow -

http://touring.bicyclingaroundtheworld.nl/bicycle/america/moki-dugway/dropoff.htm

~ MOKI DUGWAY ~ VALLEY OF THE GODS ~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~

WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT

At Flagstaff AZ Take US 89 North, 12 miles, Turn Right at Sign for Sunset Crater & Wupatki

National Monument. From this Junction Drive 21 Miles to Wupatki National Monument

Wupatki National Monument – NPS Site –

http://www.nps.gov/wupa/

Wupatki National Monument – Text – Links – Photos – American SW Site –

http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/wupatki/national_monument.html

Wupatki National Monument and Sunset Crater – Text – Links – Photos – CPLUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/wupatki.htm

Wupatki National Monument – Large Photos – by Steve Schmorleitz –

http://www.nationalparklover.com/wupatki.htm

The Sinagua, Prehistoric Desert Peoples - Desert USA Site -

http://www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_sin.html

For Area Information Link to: ~ WESTERN AGENCY~

~ WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT~ PARKS & MONUMENTS ~