Support Your Park

Do your part

America’s National Parks belong to everyone. Support from the public is essential to maintain them. This support can come in many forms: financial, gifts of material goods, volunteer efforts, or political support.

There are many different ways to support Montezuma Castle National Mounument. One of the easiest and best ways to show your love of Montezuma Castle is to come visit and to share your love with friends and family under the stars, among the cactus.

 

Join the Park Volunteer Team

If you are interested in getting more involved here in the monument, consider volunteering. Our volunteers can work anytime of the year and in any division. They help us in the Visitor Center. They remove exotic plants from the park. They travel out with researchers collecting data and entering data for number crunching later. We love our volunteers and would love to consider having you joing our team.

 

Western National Parks Association

Throughout our 80-year history as a partner of the National Park Service, we’ve provided millions of dollars in support to national parks across the West. Today we operate stores in all of our partner parks, develop park-focused publications and products, and design programs to get visitors to the parks. We also fund historical, social, and environmental research that creates a better understanding of parks. Western National Parks Association Website.

 

Leave No Trace

Wilderness ethics dictate that visitors to the area try to leave no trace of their passage. While not regulations, the seven Leave No Trace principles will help you get the most out of your wilderness experience, and help you to preserve the park’s unique values for other visitors, both today and in the future.

1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
3. Dispose of Waste Properly
4. Leave What You Find
5. Minimize Campfire Impacts
6. Respect Wildlife
7. Be Considerate of Other Visitors

Click here to learn more about these principles

 

Donate

Donations are accepted and can be directly designated to benefit a favorite program or the park in general. For instance donations may be dedicated to enhancing interpretation (ranger guided programs), environmental education, visitor services, research and resource management programs.

Montezuma Castle National Monument accepts donations made directly. Public support is an essential element in the management of National Park Service lands. No other federal agency relies as heavily on the generosity and kindness of its visitors.

These can be made by check or money order, payable to:

National Park Service
Park Superintendent
Montezuma Castle National Monument
PO Box 219
Camp Verde, AZ 86322

We thank you for your past support and look forward to future partnerships.

 

Paying your fees or purchasing a pass

Montezuma Castle National Monument participates in the Congressionally authorized Federal Recreation Lands Enhancement Act. Under this program, parks keep 80% of all fees collected; the remaining 20% will be deposited in a special account to be used in parks where fees are not collected. Funds generated by the fees are used to accomplish projects the parks have been unable to fund through yearly Congressional allocations. That means that when you pay your fees or buy a pass your money goes directly back into the park.

Public support is a critical component in the management of National Park Service lands. No other federal agency relies as heavily on the generosity and kindness of its visitors, volunteers, and donors and we thank you for your past support and look forward to future partnerships.