Sliding House

Sliding House ruins

Group of Anasazi buildings in improbable location – very steep grotto under cliff overhang. Houses seem to be falling into the abyss. Inhabited around 900 – 1200 AD, originally had 30 – 50 rooms.

Palatki Pueblo

Palatki Pueblo

Ruins of Sinagua settlement from 1100 – 1400 AD and rich finds of petroglyphs from 4000 BC – 1400 AD.

Mummy Cave Ruins

Mummy Cave Ruins

Former Anasazi settlement below cliff overhang. These two caves were inhabited in 300 – 1300 AD. Structures with some 80 rooms, three kivas. Includes a building with three floors, with colorful plaster preserved in inner rooms.

Montezuma Castle

Montezuma Castle

Very well preserved cliff dwelling, built by Sinagua people around 700 AD and occupied until 1400 AD. Occasional religious ceremonies take place here up to this day. Access to the site requires a long ladder or very good climbing skills.

Keet Seel

Keet Seel

Abandoned Anasazi cliff dwelling, occupied in 1250, abandoned around 1300 AD. Here lived up to 150 people. Contains a circular tower, one of the most prominent cliff dwellings in the United States. Located under cliff overhang.

Honanki cliff dwellings

Honanki cliff dwellings

Two pueblos in cliff overhangs, inhabited by Sinagua people in 1100 – 1300 AD. Numerous petroglyphs, even from 2000 BC, although most drawn by Sinagua people during the habitation period.

Betatakin

Betatakin

Abandoned Anasazi cliff dwelling that once had up to 120 rooms for up to 125 people, now some 80 rooms remain. Located under a spectacular cliff overhang.

Antelope House

Antelope House

Impressive ruins of Anasazi settlement under cliff overhang. Abandoned around 1260. Nearby was the Tomb of Weaver that contained a mummified body of an old man.

Tonto National Monument – Lower Cliff Dwelling

Tonto Lower Cliff Dwelling

The more visited of the two closely located cliff dwellings. Lower Cliff Dwelling had some 20 rooms and was developed and inhabited by the people of Salado culture in 1300 – 1450 AD. Roofs of some structures have been preserved.

Bodie

Church in Bodie ghost town

Remarkably well preserved ghost town, developed during the Californian gold rush in 1876.