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Park map of El Morro National Monument in New Mexico. The park is outlined in green and filled in with a paler shade. The surrounding areas are beige and roads are dark brown.

Extended Description

El Morro National Monument is mostly rectangular with steps cutting into the bottom left corner. State Route 53 travels across the top of the park, running parallel to the long northern border. Text near the left edge of the map lists distances along State Route 53 from “Visitor Center to Ramah, 13 miles (21 kilometers); Visitor Center to Zuni, 32 miles (51 kilometers); Visitor Center to Gallup 56 miles (90 kilometers).” State Route 53 leads off the right edge of the map near a note reading “Visitor Center to Grants, 42 miles (67 kilometers).”

Park visitors can enter El Morro by turning south off of State Highway 53. A spur off the park road leads to a campground about halfway along its length. The park road ends in a loop at the Visitor Center, where there is also a picnic area. The Visitor Center sits at an elevation of 7,218 feet (2,200 meters).

A trail begins at the Visitor Center and heads west into the park before splitting. The northern leg passes Inscription Rock, a pool, and Inscription Rock Trail, which is 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers) long. That leg travels west past Inscription Rock and curves south around a peak with an elevation of 7,460 feet (2,274 meters). The Headland Trail loop heads west from the Visitor Center south of Inscription Rock. This trail is 2.0 miles (3.2 kilometers) long and travels past the Atsinna Village Site. Both legs angle in sharply toward the pool and connect at an acute angle.

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A scale in the lower left corner of the map measures distances of 0.1 and 0.5 kilometers and 0.1 and 0.5 miles. Above, a black dashed line represents Trail.