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Carrizo Plain National Monument
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Carrizo Plain National Monument
The Top 9 Natural Monuments in Carrizo Plain National Monument
Carrizo Plain National Monument’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 9
beautiful natural monuments in Carrizo Plain National Monument. 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 in Carrizo Plain National Monument. 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 19, 2025
Guy Goodwin Education Center - Carrizo Plain National Mmnt
Highlight • Rest Area
Small free natural history exhibits at this visitor center for the National Monument. Registration for the tours of the sacred Painted Rocks, usually booked out online months in advance but …
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Painted Rock sacred Native American site
Highlight • Natural Monument
Access is usually gated from the south, near the visitor center. In winter there is typically just one weekly guided tour to access the site, in part because of breeding …
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Soda Lake
Highlight • Lake
Wooden boardwalk and informal trails into the alkaline lake bed. The crusted salt forms a sometimes hard, sometimes soft surface that can be a treacherous death trap.
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Painted Rock 🎨 - Carrizo Plain National Monument
Highlight • Historical Site
Colorful petroglyphs on the inner alcoves and outer sides of a circular rock, some dating back at least 4000 years. Entrance to this ancient sacred native american site only with …
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Painted Rock entrance gate farm exhibit, Carrizo Plain NM
Highlight • Natural Monument
Beginning of the 2 miles trail/dirt road to the 3000 years old native American Indian rock art. July - February you must first obtain a free self-guided visitors permit. During …
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