List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico


This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico. New Mexico has 46 National Historic Landmarks, including Raton Pass which is shared with Colorado, and listed by the National Park Service as in that state.

Current NHLs

The NHLs are distributed across 22 of New Mexico's 33 counties.

Historic areas of the NPS in New Mexico

National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are nine of these in New Mexico. The National Park Service lists these fourteen together with the NHLs in the state.
Landmark name
ImageDate establishedLocationCountyDescription
Aztec Ruins National MonumentAztecSan JuanPreserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico
Bandelier National Monuments at BandelierSanta FeSandoval and Los AlamosIncludes Frijoles Canyon; contains ruins of dwellings, kivas, rock paintings and petroglyphs
Chaco Culture National Historical ParkFarmingtonSan Juan and McKinleyDensest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest
El Morro National MonumentRamahCibolaSandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base; shaded oasis in the western U.S. deser; Zuni Indians call it "A'ts'ina" ; Anglo-Americans called it "Inscription Rock"; travelers left signatures, names, dates, and stories of their treks
Fort Union National MonumentLas Vegas, NMMoraPreserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851; also ruins of the third; visible network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail
Gila Cliff Dwellings National MonumentSilver CityCatronCliff dwellings from the 1280s through the early 1300s
Pecos National Historical ParkSanta FeSanta Fe and San MiguelIncludes parts of Glorieta Pass Battlefield, an NHL, as well as a mission and other areas.
Petroglyph National MonumentAlbuquerqueBernalilloVariety of cultural and natural resources including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 25,000 images carved by native peoples and early Spanish settlers
Salinas Pueblo Missions National MonumentAlbuquerqueTorrance and SocorroReminders of this earliest contact between Pueblo Indians and Spanish Colonials: the ruins of four mission churches and the partially excavated pueblo of Las Humanas