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Montezuma Castle National Monument

Yavapai County, AZ

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Iconic five-story Southern Sinagua cliff dwelling (~20 rooms) set ~90 ft up a limestone alcove above Beaver Creek in the Verde Valley—one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America. Early Antiquities Act monument (1906). Interior closed since 1951; paved overlook trail and museum. Separate Montezuma Well unit is already proposed elsewhere.

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RegionYavapai County, AZ
Coordinates34.6111, -111.8367
Eraca. 1125–1395 CE
Established1906 (TR Antiquities Act cohort)
AccessPaved, I-17 exit 289 near Camp Verde
NearbyMontezuma Well / Camp Verde / Jerome

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