Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6525 - 6570 feet
Cellphone: 3-5 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Manitou Cliff Dwellings
Fee: Ages 4 - 11/$8, 12+/12.75, 60 +/$10
Attractions: cliff dwellings, museum

The Manitou Cliff Dwellings is a commercial site about 5 miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado where you can enjoy a self-guided tour of a cliff dwelling that was constructed from stones brought from mesa top structures and cliff dwellings near Dolores and Cortez, Colorado.

Rudd Creek Pueblo

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 1 mile
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 7635 - 7709 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area
Fee: none
Attractions: pueblo, pottery

The Rudd Creek Pueblo is located at the Sipe White Mountain Wildlife Area south of Springerville, Arizona. The pueblo was comprised of approximately 50 masonry rooms and had 2 large subterranean great kivas. Presently visible at the site are the rubble pile remains of the pueblo where only the outlines of the rooms can be seen.

Gran Quivira Ruins

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.6 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6500 - 6554 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: Visitor Center
Fee: none
Attractions: Spanish mission, pueblo

The Gran Quivira Ruins are located 25 miles south of Mountainair, New Mexico and are part of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument along with the Abó Ruins, 9 miles west of Mountainair, and the Quarai Ruins, 8 miles north of Mountainair. The grayish-green colored limestone from which the ruins are constructed contrasts with the more reddish sandstone construction found at the other sites. Another big difference between Gran Quivira and the other sites is that it wasn't built near a source of water like a stream or spring and yet it was the largest of the Salinas pueblos.

Abó Ruins

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.8 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6034 - 6061 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: Abo Visitor Center
Fee: none
Attractions: Spanish mission, pueblo

The Abó Ruins are part of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument that is located in the area around Mountainair, New Mexico. It is one of three Indian pueblos where Spanish priests built missions upon their arrival in the 1600's. The other two sites are the Quarai Ruins, that are about 8 miles north of Mountainair, and the Gran Quivira Ruins that are 25 miles to the south.