Park Details

Name:	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Address:	P. O. Box 220
	Nageezi
	New Mexico
	87037
Phone:	505-786-7014 ext. 221
Fax:	505-786-7061
URL:	http://www.nps.gov/chcu/index.htm

Category

• National park

General Description

From AD 850 to 1250, Chaco was a hub of ceremony, trade, and administration for the prehistoric Four Corners area--unlike anything before or since. Chaco is remarkable for its multi-storied public buildings, ceremonial buildings, and distinctive architecture. These structures required considerable planning, designing, organizing of labor, and engineering to construct. The Chacoan people combined many elements: pre-planned architectural designs, astronomical alignments, geometry, landscaping, and engineering to create an ancient urban center of spectacular public architecture--one that still awes and inspires us a thousand years later.

Accessibility Features

General Accessibility Features

• Accessible tent camp sites
• Accessible RV camp sites
• Accessible bathrooms
• Accessible routes from accessible camp sites to accessible comfort stations/restrooms
• Accessible trails
• Accessible picnic tables/areas

Amenities and Lodging

• Accessible gift shops

Information and Interpretation Features

• Nature centers, visitor centers and/or museums that are accessible for people using mobility devices
• Interior exhibits that provide audio description of the written information
• Interior exhibits with tactile opportunities (such as tactile maps, models and/or objects)
• Exhibits with tactile opportunities (such as tactile maps, models, and/or objects) on accessible routes