• Great Kiva with Walls of West Ruin

    Aztec Ruins

    National Monument New Mexico

Pets

India and Mike Rice 

India enjoying a walk with owner Mike Rice.

Aztec Ruins welcomes pets on leashes in the picnic area adjacent to the parking lot. Pets are not permitted in the Visitor Center or on the trail through the archeological site.

Remember, temperatures can be high in closed vehicles, even when the outside temperature is not. Do not leave your pet for long periods of time in a locked vehicle.

Pet excrement must be collected by the pet handler and disposed of in the nearest trash receptacle.

Did You Know?

Photo of Earl Morris house

The Visitor Center was once the home of Earl Halstead Morris, the archeologist who first excavated Aztec Ruins. He recycled some original timbers from the ruins in the building. You can still see some of these beams in the ceiling.