• Great Kiva with Walls of West Ruin

    Aztec Ruins

    National Monument New Mexico

Special Park Use

A special park use permit is required for commercial photography, commercial filming, and some other uses.  To request a special use permit, you must complete one of the following forms and submit it with your application fee.

Contact Park Ranger Tracy Bodnar at 505-334-6174 or tracy_bodnar@nps.gov  if you have any questions. 

Application for Commercial Filming/Still Photography permit in MSword. As a pdf.

Application for Special Park Use permit in MSword. As a pdf.

Did You Know?

Photo of deer in the historic orchard

Despite being surrounded by a modern community, Aztec Ruins offers habitat for a number of species. The high desert, riparian, and historical orchard environments serve as home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. Large mammals commonly seen are mule deer; less common visitors have been cougars and black bears.