The Top 5 Natural Monuments around Cochiti Lake
Cochiti Lake’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 5
beautiful natural monuments around Cochiti Lake. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Cochiti Lake. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 2, 2025
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is on public BLM land (Bureau of Land Management), and before arriving, visitors should check to see if the area is open at blm.gov/visit/kktr
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Painted Cave
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Painted Cave shows some unique and well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan Pictographs that are well worth the strenuous hike to get here. You can either start at the Dome Trailhead just outside …
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Overlook
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At the end of the Slot Canyon Trail is a nice overlook of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks. Here, hikers can look down on the rock formations made 6 to 7 …
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Viewpoint
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At the end of the Slot Canyon Trail is a nice overlook of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks. Here, runners can look down on the rock formations made 6 to 7 …
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Cave Loop Trail
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Cave Loop Trail brings hikers through Kasha-Katuwe Monument’s unique tent-shaped hoodoo rock formations and past caves in the rock walls as well. Some of the rock formations are fragile, so …
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