• Visitors hike along the base of the Gila Cliff Dwellings.

    Gila Cliff Dwellings

    National Monument New Mexico

  • Area Forest Fire and Smoke

    Smoke from the Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire will likely be encountered at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Areas of the Gila National Forest have been closed. Call the Gila Visitor Center at 575-536-9461 for more information. More »

Plants

Did You Know?

Yucca fiber sandals

The Mogollon used native plants for food, medicines, clothing and tools.  The yucca plant was very useful.  Yucca fibers were made into twine, nets, baskets, even paint brushes.  These sandals, made from yucca, are in the Visitor Center Museum at the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.