El Morro National Monument
New Mexico
🟢 🔴 hikes
Free entry
Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popular campsite for hundreds of years. Here, ancestral Puebloans, Spanish, and American travelers carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, messages, and petroglyphs. Make El Morro National Monument a stopping point on your travels.
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No entrance fee.
Hours
Summer Hours (May 24, 2026 - October 17, 2026). Park visitor center and trails open 7 days/week. Winter Hours (October 18, 2026 - May 27, 2027). Visitor center and trails open 5 days/week. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Trail access begins at 9:00 am. Last admittance to the Headland Trail is at 2:30 pm MT. Last admittance to the Inscription Loop Trail is at 4:00 pm MT. There is no access to park trails once the visitor center closes at 5:00 pm. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.
Conditions
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 69°F
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🌦️ 90°/61°
Things to do
El Morro Campground
🔴 Hiking the Headland Trail
🟢 Hike the Inscription Rock Trail
El Morro Visitor Center
El Morro Junior Ranger Program
Campgrounds
El Morro Campground
Visitor centers
El Morro Visitor Center
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