Pecos National Historical Park • New Mexico

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An adobe building under cloudy skies.

Reenactors prepare a cannon under a mesa and blue skies.

A line of people walk past adobe bricks, trees, and the road.

Snow covers a landscape with trees and mesas.

Pecos is a natural and cultural crossroads through which hunters, gatherers, traders, missionaries, immigrants, soldiers, ranchers, and other travelers passed and lived. Follow in their footsteps and imagine Pecos through the centuries. Visit sites where cultural demonstrations and traditional practices continue today - a living legacy of the people who passed this way. At Pecos, past is present.

Clouds gather on a summer day at the mission church
NPS Photo

As the largest remaining building from the 1700s, the Mission Church draws in folks on the Ancestral Sites Trail every day.
NPS Photo / Stan Ford

Civil War Encampment reenactors ready a black powder cannon demonstration in front of Glorieta Mesa,
NPS Photo / Gary Cascio

The Feast Day of Pecos Pueblo draws in hundreds from Jemez Pueblo, Pecos, and the surrounding communities each year.
NPS Photo

Winter at Pecos can have snow blanketing the pass and local area.
NPS Photo

Front of main visitor center, a tan adobe building, with two visitors entering

Basic Information

The park is open daily 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day.

Artist painting in front of adobe mission church

What is there to do at Pecos? Visit the museum, go for a hike, join a ranger program, find artistic inspiration and more!

Ramada roof beams extend over the top of the view toward green Glorieta Mesa and Gloria Pass.

A Pecos Timeline

Glorieta Pass (center) has offered safe passage through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains for thousands of years. Discover some of the stories.

Two people walk a gentle trail with blue sky, trees and light clouds.

Historical Hiking

Hike battlefields, ranches, or pueblos.

A ranger gestures to a group in front of the Pecos mission church

Ranger-led Programs

See what ranger programs are happening during your visit.

White ranger SUV with green stripe

Do you need a permit for the activity you're planning? Find out here.

An angler stands in the Pecos River, red and tan brush lining the river

The Pecos River in the park can be a quiet retreat for anglers. Find out what you need to do to get ready

Last updated: May 18, 2026

Contact Info

Mailing Address:

Pecos National Historical Park
P.O. Box 418
Pecos, NM 87552

Phone:

505 757-7241

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