This unique site, located just a mile from Yapashi Pueblo ruins, is estimated to be at least a 1,000 years old. It shows the life-size effigies of two crouching mountain lions in a walled enclosure. The shrine is visited by Native Americans as well as hunters praying for a successful hunt.

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1. Middle Alamo Trail, Upper Alamo Trail, and Frijoles Rim Trail loop — Bandelier National Monument

24.5km

07:42

700m

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2. Yapashi Pueblo and Stone Lions – Bandelier National Monument

20.2km

06:53

590m

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Elevation 2,030 m

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States

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Shrine of the Stone Lions

1. Middle Alamo Trail, Upper Alamo Trail, and Frijoles Rim Trail loop — Bandelier National Monument

2. Yapashi Pueblo and Stone Lions – Bandelier National Monument

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