(85) Capulin Volcano National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2016 + OZL & CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest  
Location: Capulin, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: The first fiery explosions of molten rock happened here 60,000 years ago, when the rain of cooling cinders and four lava flows formed Capulin Volcano. This nearly perfectly shaped cinder cone is dramatic evidence of the volcanic processes that shaped northeastern New Mexico.

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 Capulin Crater, June 2016 

Hike Into Crater, June 2016

(84) Petroglyph National Monument

Visited Together:

1. May 2016 + OZL & CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Link: NPS website
 

Passport Description: An estimated 25,000 images carved by native peoples and early Spanish settlers are protected here. Many of the images are recognizable as animals, people, brands and crosses; others are more complex - their meaning, possibly, understood only by the carver.

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 Visitor's Center, May 2016

 Petroglyph Hike, May 2016

(75) Fort Union National Monument

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Watrous, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Established in 1851 as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail, the Fort Union site actually held three different forts over its 40-year history. The third and final Fort Union was the largest in the American Southwest.

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 Santa Fe Trail, June 2009

Fort Union, June 2009

(74) Pecos National Historical Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Historical Park
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Pecos, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Pecos preserves 12,000 years of history, including the ancient pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pas.

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Pecos, June 2009

 Pecos, June 2009

(73) Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Visited Together:

1. June 2009

Type: National Historical Park
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Nageezi, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Chaco Canyon was a major center of Puebloan culture between 850 and 1250 AD. The Chacoan people combined pre-planned architectural designs, astronomical alignments, geometry, landcaping, and engineering to create an ancient urban center of spectacular public architecture.

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Chaco Canyon, June 2009

 Chaco Canyon, June 2009

(65) Bandelier National Monument

Visited Together:

1. September 2008
2. February 2011

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Best known for mesas, sheer-walled canyons, and several thousand ancestral Pueblo dwellings found among them, Bandelier also includes more than 23,000 acres of designated wilderness. The best-known archeological sites, in Frijoles Canyon, were inhabited from the 1100s into the mid 1500s.

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Bandelier, September 2008

 

Bandelier, September 2008

 

 

 Bandelier, September 2008

(51) White Sands National Monument

Visited Together:

1. November 2005
2. June 2016 + OZL & CZL

Type: National Monument
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain-ringed valley called the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin are the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert.

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White Sands, November 2005

 White Sands, November 2005

White Sands, June 2016

 White Sands, June 2016

White Sands, June 2016

(50) Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Visited Together:

1. November 2005

Type: National Park
Region: Southwest Region
Location: Salt Flat, TX
Link: NPS website

Passport Description: Rising from the desert, this mountain mass contains portions of the world's most extensive Permian limestone fossil reef. Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet, is a significant park feature.

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