Petroglyph National Monument Information Center

The Information Center, Western National Parks Store, and Headquarters will remain closed during the lapse of appropriations period but the petroglyph viewing trails will remain open to the public. Emergency services are limited or unavailable. No trails at Info/Visitor Center. Drive directly to and park at either: Boca Negra Canyon (8:30 am - 4:00 pm), Rinconada Canyon (8:00 am - 5:00 pm), and Piedras Marcadas Canyon (sunrise to sunset). Download and use the NPS App for trail information and maps. 

Petroglyph National Monument is alive with the sights & sounds of the high desert- a hawk spirals down from the mesa top, a roadrunner dashes into fragrant sage, a desert millipede traces waves in the sand.

The monument contains more than 20,000 images pecked in stone. Some are recognizable as animals, people or crosses & other more mysterious. All are inseparable form the landscape & from the spirits of the people who created them. The images carved onto these black rocks provide an opportunity for people today to share the cultures of those who long ago inhibited & traveled through the Rio Grande Valley.