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.
El Morro with Sunflowers
El Morro with Sunflowers
Pool at El Morro
A drinking hole for visitors for hundreds of years, the pool at El Morro has significant cultural and historical value.
Trail at El Morro
Constructed by the CCC, the historic headland trail at El Morro offers visitors great views and the archaeological site of Atsinna.
Atsinna Pueblo
Atsinna Pueblo sits atop the headland at El Morro
El Morro in snow
El Morro blanketed with snow
