Montezuma Castle National Monument

Look up at a five-story Sinagua cliff dwelling set about 90 feet up a limestone wall above a short paved trail.

2800 Montezuma Castle Rd · Camp Verde, AZ

About Montezuma Castle National Monument

Montezuma Castle is a five-story cliff dwelling of at least 20 rooms that the Sinagua people built into a limestone cliff, about 90 feet above the ground. A paved trail of a third of a mile leads from the visitor center to viewpoints below it. You cannot go inside, since interior access ended in 1951 to protect the structure. The monument has a second unit, Montezuma Well, a limestone sinkhole with its own short trail about 11 miles away that charges no entrance fee.

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