Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
New Mexico
Free entry
For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one or two generations. By approximately 1300, the Mogollon had moved on, leaving the walls behind.
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No entrance fee.
Hours
The National Monument and Visitor Center are open all year and are closed only for Thanksgiving Day (the 4th Thursday of November), Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1).
Conditions
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 74°F
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Campgrounds
Lower Scorpion Campground
Upper Scorpion Campground
Visitor centers
Gila Visitor Center
WNPA Trailhead Bookstore
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