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Wupatki National Monument

Ancient sandstone pueblos—including the 100‑room Wupatki Pueblo—set in a high desert landscape northeast of town.

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Run byNational Park Service

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Founded or opened1924

Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place

Visitors per year146,074(2020)

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BoundaryNational park

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Operator: typePublic

OwnershipNational

Protect class3

ProtectedPerpetuity

Protection titleNational Monument

From Wikipedia

The Wupatki National Monument is a United States National Monument located in north-central Arizona, near Flagstaff. Rich in Native American archaeological sites, the monument is administered by the National Park Service in close conjunction with the nearby Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Wupatki was established as a national monument in 1924 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. The listing included three contributing buildings and 29 contributing structures on 35,422 acres (14,335 ha).

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Names, place details, opening times and addresses © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Photo: Wukoki Ruins by SeanMD80 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

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