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Area map surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. The park is highlighted in green at the center of the map with the other areas shown in beige. The state borders are highlighted in white and red dots representing Great Houses are scattered around the map.

Extended Description

The Chaco Culture National Historical Park sits in the northwest corner of New Mexico off of State Route 57. The town of Nageezi is to the north, Pueblo Pintado to the east, and Crownpoint to the south.

Seven prehistoric roads lead from the park like spokes of a wheel, as indicated by gold solid lines. Red dots representing more than 60 Great Houses are scattered across the map but are most concentrated up the middle third. Two of the Great Houses are located in Arizona to the east and four are located in Colorado to the north. The rest are within New Mexico.

North of the park and just south of the New Mexico-Colorado border are the Salmon Ruin along the San Juan River and Aztec Ruins National Monument along the Animas River in Aztec. US Routes 491, 550, State Route 371, County Roads 7900 and 7950 and ARROWHEAD 9 and 46 run vertically up the map. US Routes 160 and 64 and State Route 197 run across the map. Interstate 40 curves across the bottom left corner of the map.

Legend

A legend in the lower right corner of the map reads as follows:

Red dot for Great House and

Gold line for Prehistoric Road.