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Montezuma Castle National Monument

  • Also Known As: Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well
  • Address: Montezuma Castle Rd
  • Vicinity: 40 mi S of Flagstaff on I-17, Exit 289
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Would Your House Look This Good 800 Years From Now?

Today we gaze through the windows of the past into one of the best preserved cliff dwellings in North America. This 20 room high-rise apartment, nestled into a towering limestone cliff, tells a story of ingenuity, survival and ultimately, prosperity in an unforgiving desert landscape.

Come marvel at this enduring legacy of the Sinagua culture and reveal a people surprisingly similar to ourselves. - nps


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Particulars for Montezuma Castle National Monument:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Owner Federal
Area of Significance Historic - aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Cultural Affiliation Honanki
Criteria Information Potential
Level of Significance National
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation tuzigoot
Historic Use Village site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Montezuma Castle National Monument
Registry Address: 40 mi. S of Flagstaff on I-17
Registry Number: 66000082
Resource Type: District
Owner: Federal
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 842
Contributing Sites: 50
Contributing Structures: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Monument
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Prehistoric, Historic - aboriginal, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: honanki, tuzigoot
Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Historic Function: Domestic, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Village site
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

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A self-guided, 0.33 mile (531 m) loop trail leads you past an incredible 5-story cliff dwelling, through a beautiful sycamore grove and along spring-fed Beaver Creek, one of only a few perennial streams in Arizona. - NPS


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