Bandelier

U.S. National Park Service

U.S. National Park Service

Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677-acre (13,629 ha) United States National Monument near Los Alamos in Sandoval and Los Alamos Counties, New Mexico.

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BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT

Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico - ancient ruins and cave dwellings, deep canyons, volcanic mountains up to 10,200 feet, and part of the Rio Grande valley. Visitors guide, hiking trails and photographs

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Bandelier National Monument is a United States National Monument in the state of New Mexico near Los Alamos.

Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of rugged but beautiful canyon and mesa country, with evidence of people having lived here for more than 11,000 years. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and masonry pueblos (villages) are evidence of the Ancestral Pueblo people whose descendants still live nearby. Most visitors begin exploring Bandelier by walking the Main Loop Trail. This short 1.2 mile loop trail starts from the Visitor Center and leads through excavated archeological sites in Frijoles Canyon. A portion of this trail is handicapped accessible. The 3 mile round-trip Falls Trail leads downcanyon from the Visitor Center to the beautiful Upper Falls, with a guidebook featuring the geology. The Tsankawi section of the park, 12 miles from the main section, offers a 1.5 mile mesa-top walk, viewing cavates, petroglyphs, the large unexcavated Ancestral Pueblo village, and wide vistas. This trail includes 4 ladders. For longer hikes, the Bandelier backcountry offers opportunities for all day or even multiple-day overnight backpacking trips. Most of the 70 miles of trails are in the officially designated Bandelier Wilderness. Free permits, required for overnight trips, are obtained in person at the Visitor Center. The Visitor Center area includes a museum, bookstore, 14-minute movie, and information, with the giftshop, snack bar, and picnic area nearby. During the busy season most visitors must take a free shuttle bus from White Rock.

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Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The Ancestral Pueblo people lived in Bandelier from 12th to 16th century. They left behind dwellings carved into the...

Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, New Mexico. 16K likes. Bandelier preserves homes of the Ancestral Pueblo people. Travel back in time, challenge...

Bandelier National Monument [1] is a United States National Monument in the state of New Mexico near Los Alamos.

Hundreds of ruins of Anasazi cliff houses and pueblo-style dwellings lay scattered across the Pajarito Plateau of northern New Mexico.

When Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-born anthropologist for whom the park was named, first saw the Pajarito Plateau, he deemed it “the grandest thing I ever saw.”