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The Hood Mesa Trail System is filled with smooth dirt roads, intersecting double-track trails, and rocky singletrack paths. Most of the intersections are marked well, and with the lack of trees in the area, you get pretty open views the entire time.

The Hood Mesa Trail System is filled with smooth dirt roads, intersecting double-track trails, and rocky singletrack paths. Most of the intersections are marked well, and with the lack of trees in the area, you get pretty open views the entire time.

Info and starting point for several trail options where biking is legal in the canyon. Great way to approach the far flung archaeological sites along the way

Famous for its triwall structure, this outlying Chaco greathouse is just along the paved loop road, with bike parking and a short trail to the ruins

Shortest direct access trail to the largest and most impressive Chacoan site: Pueblo Bonito was built and occupied from 850 - 1250 CE, probably the center of the Chaco culture. Here the paved park road and a permitted bike trail meet a foot trail at the south of the ruin complex.

Directly along the circular park road, this site is easily accessible by bike, with a rack here at the trailhead next to the archaeological site

Good trailhead right on the paved ring road, to leave the bike and explore the to largest archeological sites in the park. Chetro Ketl, and the Pueblo Bonito great house complex. It is the largest and most impressive Chacoan site. Built and occupied from 850 - 1250 CE, it was probably the center of the Chaco culture. Photographers will find the best light in the early morning. Bike racks are here at the trailhead

The Chaco Canyon site is a marvel. Here is preserved a set of cities and great houses of the Anasazi culture quite remarkable. This site is in danger because it is threatened with destruction by oil companies. Since the appointment of US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first woman of Pueblo descent to hold the post, the danger has been averted for the time being. “It is always difficult to convey why land, water and air are culturally and spiritually important, and not just for economic gain.” On Monday, November 22, 2021, she proudly climbed the podium against a backdrop of sandstone cliffs. She was flanked by Pueblo leaders who had gathered that day to commemorate recently announced protections for the Chaco Culture National Historic Park, where ancestral Puebloans created a vast center of commerce, culture and art, from this tawny-colored rock over a thousand years ago. After visiting the ruins of the main city, do not hesitate to browse the plateau overlooking the site, you will have a breathtaking overview.