Located in NM.
Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popular campsite for hundreds of years. Here, ancestral Puebloans, Spanish, and American travelers carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, messages, and…
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Reservation rules vary by season and activity for El Morro. See Overview on this page for fees, timed entry, and campground details before you travel.