Taos Pueblo

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 7110 - 7118 feet
Cellphone: 3-5 bars
Time: 1 hr. 30 mins.
Trailhead: Taos Pueblo
Fee: $25/person, $22/senior
Attractions: Living pueblo

The Taos Pueblo, located in Taos, New Mexico, 'is one of the oldest living and continuously inhabited communities in the United States'. The Pueblo, estimated to have been constructed between 1000 and 1450 A. D., is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Arroyo Hondo Petroglyphs

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.25 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6496 - 6514 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: 36.53443, -105.70684
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs, fishing

The Arroyo Hondo Petroglyphs are located in the Wild and Scenic River Section of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument near Taos, New Mexico. Two very nice petroglyphs can be spotted high up on a cliff just upstream of the confluence of the Rio Grande River and the Rio Hondo.

Slide Trail Petroglyphs

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.4 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6173 - 6223 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: The Slide Trail - Lower Trailhead
Fee: none
Attractions: Scenic gorge, petroglyphs

The Slide Trail is located in the Rio Grande Gorge Section of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument near Taos, New Mexico. Along the lower part of the trail there are petroglyphs that can be found on a few of the rocks and boulders.

Big Arsenic Petroglyphs

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 2.4 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 6770 - 7512 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 2 hrs. 30 mins.
Trailhead: Big Arsenic
Fee: $3/vehicle
Attractions: Scenic gorge, petroglyphs

Enroute to Big Arsenic Spring, within the scenic gorge of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, near Taos, New Mexico, petroglyphs can be found on many of the boulders along the trail. Most of the petroglyphs have a hunting theme but one that shows a birthing scene speaks of life in general.

Carrizo Canyon III

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.7 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 6000 - 6059 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: 36.63949, -107.57673
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs

Carrizo Canyon is located southeast of Bloomfield, New Mexico in the Dinetah Area. This post is for the third of three petroglyph sites that we have identified within close proximity of each other that are in Carrizo Canyon.