San Juan County, New Mexico
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- Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness — Geology · San Juan County, NM
BLM wilderness (~7,200 acres) of bentonite badlands, hoodoos, petrified wood, and Late Cretaceous fossil-bearing strata in the San Juan Basin south of the be…
- Angel Peak Scenic Area — Geology · San Juan County, NM
BLM scenic area south of Bloomfield where Angel Peak (~7,000 ft) rises above the eroded Kutz Canyon badlands of the San Juan Basin. Paved US-550 access to gr…
- Aztec Ruins National Monument — Historic · San Juan County, NM
Ancestral Pueblo great-house community along the Animas River in the modern city of Aztec. Self-guided half-mile trail through Aztec West (400+ rooms at peak…
- Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness — Geology · San Juan County, NM
BLM wilderness of eroded Cretaceous–Paleogene badlands — hoodoos, petrified logs, clinker, and candy-striped shales in a pathless desert moonscape south of F…
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park — Historic · San Juan County, NM
UNESCO World Heritage center of Ancestral Puebloan great-house architecture (c. 850–1250 CE) in a remote high-desert canyon. Pueblo Bonito alone holds ~800 r…
- Crow Canyon Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · San Juan County, NM
BLM-managed rock-art area in the Crow Canyon Archaeological District southeast of Bloomfield/Farmington, with Navajo and Puebloan panels reached by short mar…
- Lower Animas Ditch — Historic · San Juan County, NM
Lower Animas Ditch is a historic structure in San Juan County, NM, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, recognized for significance in…
- Salmon Ruins — Historic · San Juan County, NM
Chacoan great-house pueblo built ~1090 CE on a San Juan River terrace west of Bloomfield—originally 275–300 rooms with an elevated tower kiva and plaza great…
- Ship Rock — Geology · San Juan County, NM
Iconic volcanic neck (Tsé Bitʼaʼí, “rock with wings”) rising ~1,500+ ft above the Navajo Nation high desert south of Shiprock, NM—one of the Southwest’s most…
- Shiprock Viewpoint — Natural · San Juan County, NM/AZ border
Roadside views of Shiprock (Tsé Bitʼaʼí), a ~1,580-ft volcanic neck sacred to the Navajo Nation. Stay on paved US 491 / Indian Service roads for photography—…