• Historic inscriptions carved in the bluff at El Morro.

    El Morro

    National Monument New Mexico

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For Kids

These young people are enjoying their visit to El Morro.
Kids enjoy leaving their own "inscriptions" the only place at El Morro where it's o.k. to—on the rocks in front of the visitor center.
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Image of kids and Mom at the kid's corner
Back at the visitor center, kids will find lots of books and other neat stuff in the "kid's corner".
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Did You Know?

Image of historic Mesa-top Trail at El Morro National Monument

The Headland Trail at El Morro National Monument was hand-carved into the sandstone by a Civil Works Administration (CWA) crew in 1933. CWA was one of the New Deal programs initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.