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Clouds gather on a summer day at the mission church

As the largest remaining building from the 1700s, the Mission Church draws in folks on the Ancestral Sites Trail every day.

Reenactors prepare a cannon under a mesa and blue skies.

Civil War Encampment reenactors ready a black powder cannon demonstration in front of Glorieta Mesa,

A line of people walk past adobe bricks, trees, and the road.

The Feast Day of Pecos Pueblo draws in hundreds from Jemez Pueblo, Pecos, and the surrounding communities each year.

Snow covers a landscape with trees and mesas.

Winter at Pecos can have snow blanketing the pass and local area.

Physical Address:

Pecos National Historical Park

1 Peach Drive

Pecos, NM 87552

Mailing Address:

Pecos National Historical Park

P.O. Box 418

Pecos, NM 87552

contact-details

Phone Number: 5057577241 Voice
Phone Number: 5057577207 Fax

Email Address: peco_visitor_information@nps.gov
Description:

Fees

Entrance Fees

Entrance Passes

Pecos is a natural and cultural crossroads through which hunters, gatherers, traders, missionaries, immigrants, soldiers, ranchers, and other travelers passed and lived. Follow in their footsteps and imagine Pecos through the centuries. Visit sites where cultural demonstrations and traditional practices continue today - a living legacy of the people who passed this way. At Pecos, past is present.

park designation:National Historical Park

Directions:

Pecos National Historical Park is 25 miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico off of Interstate 25. Visitors travelling north on I-25: take exit 299 on to HWY 50 to Pecos village and south two miles on State Road 63. Those travelling south on I-25: take exit 307 and proceed four miles north to the Park on State Road 63.

For detailed directions, please visit this link.

Directions

Operating Hours:

General Park Hours

Pecos National Historical Park is open daily from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. The park is not open on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or New Years Day.

Exceptions:

Christmas (December 25, 2024 - December 25, 2024)

New Years Day (January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025)

Thanksgiving (November 27, 2025 - November 27, 2025)

Weather Information:

Pecos National Historical Park is located at nearly 7,000 feet in altitude in the high desert region of Northern New Mexico. Please know your limits at this high desert altitude. We recommend that you wear clothing appropriate to the season, bring plenty of water, stop for a snack or lunch at one of the picnic tables, wear comfortable shoes, and put on plenty of sunscreen. Specific daily Pecos weather information may be accessed at this link: http://www.nps.gov/peco/planyourvisit/weather.htm.