PROGRAM DETAILS This tour is offered on select Thursday mornings and Monday evenings in June and July  and is specifically designed to educate the visitor about the plants indigenous to Chimney Rock National Monument and the surrounding area. A copy of “Flora of Chimney Rock” will be given to participants to help them identify plants [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS THIS TOUR IS OFFERED ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY This guided tour takes visitors 1/3 mile up the Great Pueblo Trail, making several stops along the way to learn about the ancient Puebloan structures built over 1,000 years ago and their connection to the Chaco culture located 90 miles southwest of this [...]

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM PROGRAM Our Solar System Program is offered on a Friday each month which affords the best viewing of the moon’s surface using a telescope. Although the focus will be on the moon and its diverse qualities, other night sky objects will be identified and studied. A video presentation, “Tour of the Night [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS This 2.5 hour guided tour explores the local geology and its relationship to the daily lives of the Ancestral Puebloans who lived at Chimney Rock over 1,000 years ago. The tour is offered weekly on Tuesday late afternoons and Saturday mornings. Tour participants will be taken on a journey through geologic time to [...]

PROGRAMS DETAILS This program is offered on select Saturday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. during quiet off-hours of the Monument. It begins from the amphitheater with a relaxing 1/4-mile walk up the nature trail, providing visitors with an experience of the natural environment along with beautiful views of the two pinnacles. Upon returning [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS THIS TOUR IS OFFERED ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY This guided tour takes visitors 1/3 mile up the Great Pueblo Trail, making several stops along the way to learn about the ancient Puebloan structures built over 1,000 years ago and their connection to the Chaco culture located 90 miles southwest of this [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS This tour is offered on select Thursday mornings and Monday evenings in June and July  and is specifically designed to educate the visitor about the plants indigenous to Chimney Rock National Monument and the surrounding area. A copy of “Flora of Chimney Rock” will be given to participants to help them identify plants [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS THIS TOUR IS OFFERED ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY This guided tour takes visitors 1/3 mile up the Great Pueblo Trail, making several stops along the way to learn about the ancient Puebloan structures built over 1,000 years ago and their connection to the Chaco culture located 90 miles southwest of this [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS This 2.5 hour guided tour explores the local geology and its relationship to the daily lives of the Ancestral Puebloans who lived at Chimney Rock over 1,000 years ago. The tour is offered weekly on Tuesday late afternoons and Saturday mornings. Tour participants will be taken on a journey through geologic time to [...]

The Summer Solstice Tour is held once a season at Chimney Rock National Monument. Because this event is such a wondrous experience, the tour is offered not just on the solstice itself, but on each day preceding and following the solstice. The 2024 tour offerings are Wednesday, June 19; Thursday, June 20 (Summer Solstice); and [...]