Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived and traveled throughout Walnut Canyon’s dynamic landscape. Vibrant communities built their homes in the cliffs and farmed along the canyon’s rim. Today the park preserves this landscape, and the ancestral homes in and around the canyon.
Walnut Canyon, cliff dwellings, and the San Francisco Peaks
The dynamic landscape of Walnut Canyon was home to a thriving Native American community roughly 900 years ago.
Cliff Dwellings
Walnut Canyon National Monument protects a series of ancient cliff dwellings built between 1125 and 1250 CE.
Walnut Canyon Raven
At the rim of Walnut Canyon, visitors stand at eye level with soaring ravens, eagles, and other birds
Walnut Canyon Snow
The 0.9-mile (1.4 km) Island Trail leads visitors down 240 stairs to explore 25 cliff dwelling rooms.
A Visitor at Walnut Canyon
More than 125,000 people visit Walnut Canyon each year.
Walnut Canyon Rim Overlook
The 0.7-mile (1.1 km) Rim Trail reveals expansive views of Walnut Canyon and its cliff dwellings.
