PROGRAM DETAILS This program, presented in partnership with the local chapter of the Audubon Society, is a wonderful opportunity to observe and learn about birds native to the Chimney Rock area. Experienced Audubon birders will lead and assist the group, walking nature trails in the lower area of CRNM (no archaeological sites are included on [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS A thousand years ago the people who lived at Chimney Rock depended on the plants around them for food, fuel, tools, housing, clothing, medicine, and art.  The breadth and depth of their knowledge is almost unimaginable today.  Join us for an introduction to some of the plant species that grow at Chimney Rock [...]

Each month during the summer, volunteers light the trail to the mesa top for a full moon program before the twin spires. A speaker tells the story of the people and their likely relationship with the moon, sun, and stars. Watch the full moon rise over the eastern mountain peaks to the music of a [...]

Welcome summer and fall at Chimney Rock National Monument! Experience the sunrise from the Chacoan Great House and learn why these events were important to the ancient ones. With a 360-degree vantage point and the hush of early morning in the wilderness, the sunrise from the Great House is a marvelous experience for the eyes [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS This program, presented in partnership with the local chapter of the Audubon Society, is a wonderful opportunity to observe and learn about birds native to the Chimney Rock area. Experienced Audubon birders will lead and assist the group, walking nature trails in the lower area of CRNM (no archaeological sites are included on [...]

Welcome summer and fall at Chimney Rock National Monument! Experience the sunrise from the Chacoan Great House and learn why these events were important to the ancient ones. With a 360-degree vantage point and the hush of early morning in the wilderness, the sunrise from the Great House is a marvelous experience for the eyes [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS The Night Sky Programs at Chimney Rock National Monument offer two different opportunities to observe the stars where the ancient Puebloans did 1,000 years ago; The Stars & Galaxies Program and the Our Solar System Program. The Our Solar System Program is is timed for when the moon is visible but not fully [...]

PROGRAM DETAILS Southwest Colorado and the Chimney Rock area have a rich source of wildlife.  Animals live here and travel through the area on their annual migrations.  Why do animals choose to use this area and what makes it so important to them? Several species of raptors nest in the Chimney Rock area.  What species [...]