From National Monuments
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Know Before You Go
- Designation
- National Monument
- State
- NM
- Park address
- Aztec, NM
- Entrance fee
- No entrance feeNPS data as of 2026-08-25
Track Your Qwest
Save Aztec Ruins National Monument to QwestLyfe and keep track of the places you've explored and the places you want to visit.
I've been here!
Sign in to track this and all the NPS sites with QwestLyfe
I'm planning to go here
Sign in to plan this trip with QwestLyfe
Nearby ParkQwest Places
- Mesa Verde National ParkNational Park · Approximately 36 miles away (straight line)
- Yucca House National MonumentNational Monument · Approximately 47 miles away (straight line)
- Chaco Culture National Historical ParkNational Historical Park · Approximately 55 miles away (straight line)
- Hovenweep National MonumentNational Monument · Approximately 67 miles away (straight line)
- Canyon de Chelly National MonumentNational Monument · Approximately 88 miles away (straight line)
- Valles Caldera National PreserveNational Preserve · Approximately 104 miles away (straight line)
Build a ParkQwest Trip
Select nearby places above and add them, along with Aztec Ruins National Monument, to your QwestLyfe plans.
Notes
Designation Date: 01/24/1923
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.