Petroglyph National Monument
National Monument · NM
Caution · Be City Smart: Take precautions to secure your vehicle and valuables.
This is an urban park. Don't hide valuables inside your car. Carry items with you on hike. Lock your vehicle and set car alarm. Report suspicious persons loitering/peeking in cars. Call 928-638-7805
2 noticesfrom the National Park Service
Information · Attention Visitors, Cab drivers, Uber drivers, and transportation service drivers
DO NOT drop off your passengers at the visitor center. No trail access. Visitors must be driven to a trail system from the visitor center. If passengers want to go to the visitor center, WAIT FOR THEM in the parking lot until they come back out.
More informationInformation · Bicycle Use In The Monument
Bicycles are ONLY allowed at the following locations: 1 - On the Boca Negra Canyon paved multiuse path; bicycles must remain on the paved bike path. 2 - On the crusher fine trail that winds in and out of the park around the mesa top above Boca Negra.
Petroglyph National Monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America, featuring designs and symbols carved onto volcanic rocks by Native Americans and Spanish settlers 400 to 700 years ago. These images are a valuable record of cultural expression and hold profound spiritual significance for contemporary Native Americans and for the descendants of the early Spanish settlers.
- NPS site
- nps.gov/petr
- Location
- Petroglyph National Monument (35.139, -106.749)
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Passport stamp locations
- Petroglyph Information Center
Hours
Boca Negra Canyontoday: 8:30AM - 4:30PM
- Sat Oct 38:30AM - 4:30PM
- Sun Oct 48:30AM - 4:30PM
- Mon Oct 58:30AM - 4:30PM
- Tue Oct 68:30AM - 4:30PM
- Wed Oct 78:30AM - 4:30PM
- Thu Oct 88:30AM - 4:30PM
- Fri Oct 98:30AM - 4:30PM
Staffed by our partner, the City of Albuquerque Open Space, this developed trail system consists of 3 short, paved trails with trail markers. Full-service restroom facility, picnic tables, shaded seating areas and a shaded patio area. See up to 100 petroglyphs in one hour if you walk all 3 trails. Last entry is at 4:00 pm daily and all visitors are swept out at 4:30 pm sharp. Pets not allowed on the petroglyph viewing trails. Trails are not accessible for wheelchairs or strollers.
Rinconada Canyontoday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Visitor centers
1
- Petroglyph Information Centertoday: 8:30AM - 4:30PMDirections
Self-guided tours
3
Piedras Marcadas Canyon Audio Tour90–120 minutes · 7 stops
An audio tour of Piedras Marcadas Canyon.
Rinconada Canyon Audio Tour2–3 hours · 14 stops
An audio tour of the Rinconada Canyon Trail in Petroglyph National Monument.
Volcanoes Day Use Area Audio Tour60–180 minutes · 13 stops
An audio tour of the Volcanoes Day Use Area in Petroglyph National Monument.
Entrance fees
No entrance fee.