• Overlooking Chetro Ketl

    Chaco Culture

    National Historical Park New Mexico

Be A Junior Ranger

Prairie Bergman gets her Jr. Ranger badge
Prairie Bergman gets her Junior Ranger badge.
 
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Junior Ranger Program

Kids -- Want to be a Junior Ranger? Pick up a Junior Ranger booklet at the information desk in the Visitor Center. Learn about the park while completing fun activites as you visit the sites. Return your completed booklet to a Ranger at the information desk to recieve your very own badge. This program is free!

Did You Know?

Photo of a conch trumpet

A thousand years ago when Chaco was flourishing, you could hear the loud sounds of sea shell trumpets echoing off the canyon walls. The people traded for conch shells with groups along trade routes that stretched deep into present-day Mexico and the Gulf of California. More...