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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a sightseeing stop in Silver City, NM. Cost: free.
26 Jim Bradford Trail · Silver City, NM
Why you should go…
About 45 miles north of Silver City on NM 15, this monument protects rooms that Tularosa Phase Mogollon people built inside natural caves in the late 1200s. A one-mile loop trail climbs Cliff Dweller Canyon and leads you into the caves, where archaeologists have identified 46 rooms. Tree-ring dating shows the timbers were cut between 1276 and 1287. The visitor center museum displays Mogollon and Apache artifacts.
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