Test your NM State park Knowledge!
New Mexico is home to a ton of monuments and parks that represent our great history and state. Some of these parks are a definite must for summer travels but before you load the family into the wagon, test your NM State park knowledge!
What year did the Aztec Ruins become a national monument?
What year did the Aztec Ruins become a national monument?
What New Mexican National Monument is the home of seventeen species of bats?
The caverns are home to a large population of Mexican free-tailed bats. Unfortunately, their numbers are declining in the past decade or so.
This park is the home of two dozen rock-and-mud villages built around AD 1100.
The Pecos National Park preserves the ruins of Pecos Pueblo, also known historically as Cicique.
The cinder cone Volcano in Capulin Volcano National Monument last erupted how many years ago?
The visitor center has a great informational video presentation about the volcanoes.
Which one is not a New Mexican Monument?
The Petroglyph National Monument is located near which NM city?
This served as a vital commercial highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe.
The Dunes at White sands National Monument are made of?
The Old Spanish Trail directed trade to what state?
The trail is important to New Mexico history because it established a difficult but usable trade route with California.
About how many images are there in the Petroglyph National Monument?
There is an an estimated 24,000 images carved by Ancestral Pueblo peoples and early Spanish settlers.
May 25, 2017 @ 9:29 pm
Hmmm, I missed two. I need to be visiting NM more often, I guess. It’s a PLAN!!!
May 26, 2017 @ 1:50 am
You might want to edit the question regarding the number of images at Petroglyph National Monument to use the correct form of the word “there.” (Their refers to people; there refers to a place). Thanks!