National Monuments in Arizona

Information about national monuments in Arizona .

Hohokam Pima National Monument, (listed above)

Canyon de Chelly National Monument Chinle Apache Navajo Tribal Trust Land preserving artifacts of indigenous peoples.

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Coolidge Pinal Ruins of Hohokam structures. A four story structure is the "casa grande" or "big house". Sheltered since 1932 under a large pavilion built to preserve the ruins.

Coronado National Memorial Sierra Vista Cochise Commemorates the first organized expedition into the Southwest by conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado.

Montezuma Castle National Monument Camp Verde Yavapai Well-preserved cliff dwellings built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 1400 AD.

Navajo National Monument Window Rock Navajo Preserves three of the most intact cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan people (Hisatsinom).

Pipe Spring National Monument Fredonia, Arizona Mohave Discovered and named in 1856 by Latter-day Saint missionaries. Mormon cattle ranching operation established in 1860's. Protective fort was built in 1872. Way station for travellers. Refuge for polygamist wives.

Tonto National Monument Roosevelt Gila Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries.

Tumacacori National Historical Park Nogales Santa Cruz Includes 2 missions and a museum that are NHLs listed above, plus a mission that is not an NHL.

Tuzigoot National Monument Clarkdale Yavapai Preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo ruin

Walnut Canyon National Monument Flagstaff Coconino Includes twenty-five cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people

Wupatki National Monument Flagstaff Coconino Settlement sites built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples; Sinagua, Cohonina, and Kayenta Anasazi

See also:
Other Attractions in Arizona
Arizona for Visitors
Do It In The Americas