El Morro National Monument
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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El Morro National Monument:
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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El Morro National Monument
Ramah, NM 87321
Phone:505-783-4226
Fax:505-783-4689
Web: www.nps.gov/elmo/
Size: 1,279 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on December 8, 1906.
Location:125 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. From I-40 at Gallup (56 miles), go south on NM 602, then east on NM 53 through Ramah. From I-40 at Grants (42 miles), go southwest on NM 53.
Facilities:Campground (é), picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Camping, hiking.
Special Features:Ancestral Puebloans settled on the mesa top over 700 years ago. Spanishand American travelers rested, drank from the pool and carved theirsignatures, dates and messages for hundreds of years. Today, the national monument protects more than 2,000 inscriptions and petroglyphs, aswell as Ancestral Puebloan ruins.
See other parks in New Mexico.