• Overlooking Chetro Ketl

    Chaco Culture

    National Historical Park New Mexico

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    Road construction will take place through October 2012 on the main park road between the north entrance and the south entrance. Visitors may experience periods of delay during this time. Visitors should watch for flaggers and follow all signage. More »

The Center of an Ancient World

Today the massive buildings of the ancestral Pueblo peoples still testify to the organizational and engineering abilities not seen anywhere else in the American Southwest. For a deeper contact with the canyon that was central to thousands of people between 850 and 1250 A.D., come and explore Chaco through guided tours, hiking & biking trails, evening campfire talks, and night sky programs.

Did You Know?

Photo of William Henry Jackson on horseback

William Henry Jackson; a famous photographer of Western landscapes and railroads visited Chaco Canyon in 1877 with the U.S. Geological Survey.  Because he experimented with a new photographic process, all the photos failed. More...