Zuni-Acoma Trail - El Malpais Natl. Mon., NM - Ancient Traces and Roads on Waymarking.com

Visitors to the El Malpais National Monument near Grants NM can hike on 8 of the 75-mile Zuni-Acoma trail that connected the Zuni and Acoma Pueblos for over a thousand years.

The coordinates are for the parking area off the NM 53 at the west end of the trail.

Be warned: this is a flat but EXTREMELY RUGGED hike over exposed lava beds and through very rough terrain. DO YOUR HOMEWORK before hiking this area, and bring lots of water.

From the Enchanted Lands website: (visit link)

"The Zuni-Acoma Trail is one of many ancient routes that connects the pueblos of Zuni and Acoma and has witnessed over 1000 years of human travel and use. Many of the rock cairns and lava bridges built by the Ancestral Puebloans are still used to hike the route today."

Feature Discription: Zuni-Acoma Trail through El Malpais National Monument Web address for the route: [Web Link] Secondary Web Address: [Web Link] Beginning of the road: At the Pueblo of the Zuni people End of the road: At the Pueblo of the Acoma people

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