Aztec Ruins National Monument
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Pet Policy
Pets are not allowed inside the visitor center at Aztec Ruins or on the trail through the Aztec West Great House. Pets are welcome in the parking lot, the picnic area, and along the Old Spanish Trail. Service animals are the only exception. Emotional support, therapy, and companion animals are not considered service animals and therefore not permitted in the visitor center or on the trail through Aztec West.
Hours
Hours
| Every day | 7:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Closed on Thanksgiving Day (closed)
Aztec Ruins National Monument is open to the public from 7:00am-5:00pm, which includes the parking areas, archeological sites, picnic areas, and trails. The visitor center is open from 9:00am-5:00pm daily. The monument and visitor center close on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Days. Unless there is a public program scheduled, there is no after-hours access. Vehicles are not permitted to be left in the parking lot after closing.
Visitor centers
Aztec Ruins National Monument Visitor Center
Aztec Ruins National Monument Visitor Center
| Every day | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
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Coming up:
- Nov 26: Closed on Thanksgiving Day (closed)
The visitor center is open 9:00am - 5:00pm every day, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day.
Visitor center page on nps.gov: Aztec Ruins National Monument Visitor Center
About this park
Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture, original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva. Aztec Ruins is a deeply sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest. Please visit with respect.