Guided Tours

Ranger-led programs are given on a regular basis year-round and range from a wide variety of topics.

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Pecos National Historical Park offers a variety of regularly scheduled and special ranger-led programs. All programs are free of charge and subject to change. Contact a ranger at the visitor center to confirm details and times 505-757-7241.

Visit the park event calendar for a current schedule and program details. Also check out things to do for other ways to experience the park on your own.

Regular ranger-led programs include:

Ancestral Sites Trail Tours:
Pecos Pueblo sits at the site of a unique ecological and cultural crossroads. Join a park ranger on this tour to learn about Ancestral Pueblo and Spanish Colonial history, and the importance of this site to communities today.

The tour begins at the visitor center and covers one mile with moderate elevation gain. Come prepared with weather-appropriate layers, water, sunscreen, and good walking shoes. Tours are free, and no registration is required.

Forked Lightning Ranch House Caravan Tours:
Wagons and cowboys and Hollywood, oh my! On this ranger-guided tour, learn about the Santa Fe Trail and area ranching, with stops at the Trading Post and historic Forked Lightning Ranch House.

This tour requires limited walking, but extended periods of standing. Tours meet at the visitor center, and attendees then caravan out to the sites in their own vehicles. Tours are free and no registration is required, although space may be limited to 15 people. Unfortunately, the historic road to the ranch house is not able to accommodate trailers or RVs. Rangers may not take visitors in the ranger vehicle -- visitors must have their own transport.

Battle of Glorieta Pass Civil War Talk:
The Battle of Glorieta Pass was one of the most influential western battles of the Civil War. Join a park ranger for a talk in the historic Trading Post building and see how it played a role in this pivotal battle. Talks meet at the visitor center, and attendees then caravan out to the Trading Post in their own vehicles, about 5 minutes from the visitor center.