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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
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- Designation
- National Monument
- State
- NM
- Park address
- Mimbres, NM
- Entrance fee
- No entrance feeNPS data as of 2026-08-25
- Camping
- 2 campgrounds listed by NPS
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Notes
Designation Date: 11/16/1907
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.
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Stars Over The Gila
Stars Over The Gila Park Event · Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · Oct 25, 2026 · 8:30 PM–9:30 PM Josiah Grennell Join us at the Gila Cliff Dwelling's Na…
Solar Viewing at the Visitor Center
Solar Viewing at the Visitor Center Park Event · Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · Oct 25, 2026 · 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Join us for a safe and fascinating look…
Painting the Past
Painting the Past Park Event · Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · Oct 25, 2026 · 2:00 PM–2:30 PM NPS photo Discover how the Mogollon and other Indigenous…
Dwellings Tour
Dwellings Tour Park Event · Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · Oct 25, 2026 · 11:00 AM–11:45 AM NPS Photo Allow at least 30 minutes to hike up to the clif…
Solar Viewing at the Visitor Center
Solar Viewing at the Visitor Center Park Event · Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · Oct 24, 2026 · 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Join us for a safe and fascinating look…
Life in the Gila
Life in the Gila Park Event · Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument · Oct 24, 2026 · 2:00 PM–2:45 PM NPS Photo Join a ranger and discover how water, geology, p…