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Large brown adobe mission church with low brick walls and kiva ladder in front Photo: NPS Photo

Pecos National Historical Park

National Historical Park · New Mexico

Pecos is a natural and cultural crossroads through which hunters, gatherers, traders, missionaries, immigrants, soldiers, ranchers, and other travelers passed and lived.

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  • LocationPecos, NM
  • Entrance No fee listed
  • HoursDaily, 8:00AM - 4:30PM
  • Alerts No active alerts

Follow in their footsteps and imagine Pecos through the centuries. Visit sites where cultural demonstrations and traditional practices continue today - a living legacy of the people who passed this way.

At Pecos, past is present.

Topics
  • Animals
  • Archeology
  • Architecture and Building
  • Arts
  • Astronomy
  • Battlefields
  • Birds
  • Civil War
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  • Colonial/European Contact Conflicts
  • Colonization and Settlement
  • Commerce
  • Elk
  • Explorers and Expeditions
  • Farming and Agriculture
  • Fish
  • Geology
  • Hispanic American Heritage
  • Indigenous and Native Warrior
  • Latino American Heritage
  • Mexican War
  • Migrations
  • Military
  • Missions
  • Monuments and Memorials
  • Native American Heritage
  • Night Sky
  • Ranches
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • Roads, Routes and Highways
  • Rock Landscapes and Features
  • Ruins
  • Trade
  • Transportation
  • Tribal Conflicts
  • Wars and Conflicts
  • Westward Expansion
A grid of partial stone walls
At the South Pueblo remains, visitors can see just a small section of the large, thriving pueblo (or village) that once stood here. — NPS Photo

Things to Do

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Two hikers walking away between tall trees in dappled sunlight
Walk in the footsteps of soldiers on the battlefield trail memorializing the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. — NPS Photo

Plan Your Visit

Hours

Daily, 8:00AM - 4:30PM · General Park Hours

Hours details
  • General Park HoursDaily, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

    The grounds of Pecos National Historical Park are open daily from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. The park is not open on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or New Years Day. See below for visitor center hours.

    Monday8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Tuesday8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Wednesday8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Thursday8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Friday8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Saturday8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Sunday8:00AM - 4:30PM

Entrance fees

No entrance fees listed.

Address

Pecos National Historical Park, 1 Peach Drive
Pecos, NM 87552

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Photos

  • A line of people walk past adobe bricks and trees on a path
    The Feast Day of Pecos Pueblo attracts many people from Jemez Pueblo, Pecos, and surrounding communities. — NPS Photo
  • Pink-tan building with chimney and long covered porches at sides, steer head decoration center.

Getting There

Pecos National Historical Park, 1 Peach Drive
Pecos, NM 87552

Pecos National Historical Park is 25 miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico off of Interstate 25. Visitors travelling north on I-25: take exit 299 on to HWY 50 to Pecos village and south two miles on State Road 63.

Full directions

Those travelling south on I-25: take exit 307 and proceed four miles north to the Park on State Road 63.

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Mailing address: Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, NM 87552

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