Wijiji Trail

Distance:

Wijiji roundtrip from parking area - 3.0 miles (2 hours)

Wijiji roundtrip from campground - 3.2 miles (2 hours)

Trailheads: Wijiji parking area and campground

Elevation gain: Insignificant

This trail leads to Wijiji, a later-period Chacoan great house built around AD 1100. Wijiji differs from sites like Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl in that it appears to have been built at once rather than several building periods. Evidence can be seen in the exceptional symmetry of the building plan and the uniform masonry. Typical Chacoan features such as enclosed plazas And great kivas are absent at Wijiji.

 

Trail to Wijiji

 

Wijiji

NPS photo, Tom Lyttle