Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
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Water Availability
There is NO water at the scorpion campgrounds and the trailhead for the cliff dwellings. Water is available at the Visitor Center, Woody's corral and TJ's corral.
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No Pets are allowed on the Cliff Dwelling Trail
Pets are not allowed onto the Gila Cliff Dwelling Trail. Kennels are available at the Trailhead on a First Come First Serve basis and are available to those that are going on the Cliff Dwelling Trail not the Wilderness trails.
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Secure trash and food
Pack it in, pack it out! There are no trash services in or around the monument. All food & trash must be secured inside a vehicle. Ravens routinely open zipped bags & tear into trash bags left outside or in the bed of a truck.
Hours
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
| Every day | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Thanksgiving (closed)
The National Monument and Visitor Center are open all year and are closed only for Thanksgiving Day (the 4th Thursday of November), Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year's Day (January 1).
Visitor centers
WNP Park Store
WNP Park Store
| Every day | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Thanksgiving Day (closed)
This bookstore contains gifts, books and so much more. This is where you will find your park patches, pins and postcards, as well as maps, American Indian crafts, and more.
Gila Visitor Center
Gila Visitor Center
| Every day | 9:00AM - 4:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Closed Thanksgiving (closed)
Gila Visitor Center
About this park
For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one or two generations. By approximately 1300, the Mogollon had moved on, leaving the walls behind.