Acoma Tour Loop + El Calderon Hike
In El Malpais Region

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Hike Key: H10529
Last Updated: 03/27/2023 3:09pm
Last Updated By: Marilyn Fixer
Hike Class: B (Moderate)
Hike Distance: mi
Minimum Elevation: 0 ft
Elevation Change: 0 ft
Total Uphill: 0 ft
Total Downhill: 0 ft
Avg. Grade: %
Route Type: Multiple Hikes
On Trail: Yes
Paved or Gravel Roads: Yes
GPS Advised: Yes
Drive Distance Round Trip: 136 mi
Drive Time One-Way: 1:15
Hiking Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
New Mexico Game Unit: 13
Hike Status: In Process

Highlights

Because it was formally only accessible by climbing up the mountain, it is one of the longest inhabited villages in the country. It is the 28th Historic Site designated by the national Trust for Historic Preservation.

Cautions

If you are allowed to tour the village, hiking down from the village instead of taking the van is a little steep and rocky.

Trailhead Directions

Take I-40 west to exit 108, not 102 as the signs say, and go SW to the visitor center and PARK.

Actual Hike

The Sky City Cultural Center and Haak’u Museum serves as the reception center and museum for visitors to the Pueblo of Acoma. It has been continuously occupied since the thirteenth century.

As of March 2023, the Pueblo of Acoma is closed for in-person tours. You can view an on-site vitual tour of the Pueblo instead.

Reservations are recommended. To make a reservation for an on-site virtual tour, contact the Operations Manager Melvin Juanico at (505) 552-7861, email mjuanico@skycity.com, or use the contact form. You may also click on the blue button “Make a reservation for your virtual tour.”

Comments

Updated closure for in-person tours etc. MW

Waypoints

PARK: N34 53.814, W107 34.907

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