Aragon, NM

El Malpais National Monument

National Monument

The richly diverse volcanic landscape of El Malpais (el-mal-pie-EES) offers solitude, recreation, and adventure. Explore incredible geologic features such as young lava flows, cinder cones, lava tubes, and sandstone bluffs. While some may see a desolate environment, people have been adapting to and ...

Entrance: $0

Activities: Arts and Culture, Auto and ATV, Scenic Driving, Astronomy, Camping, Backcountry Camping, Caving, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Hiking, Hunting and Gathering, Gathering and Foraging, Junio...

Weather: As a general rule, daily temperatures swing roughly 30 (F) from night lows to afternoon highs. Summer is sunny and hot with monsoon rain storms and an average high of 80 (F). Winter is cool, sunny, wi...

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

National Monument

For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one or t...

Entrance: $0

Activities: Astronomy, Stargazing, Camping, Car or Front Country Camping, Food, Picnicking, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Hiking, Backcountry Hiking, Front-Country Hiking, Horse Trekking, Horse Campi...

Weather: Weather is extremely variable. Summers are usually around 90° F. but approach 100° F. Winters have occasional snow or temperatures near 0° F. Thunderstorms are common in the summer and early fall, usu...

Lyman Lake State Park

State Park

66 acres. Open Access

Entrance: $0