Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived and traveled throughout Walnut Canyon’s dynamic landscape. Vibrant communities built their homes in the cliffs and farmed along the canyon’s rim. Today the park preserves this landscape, and the ancestral homes in and around the canyon.

Walnut Canyon National Monument

At the rim of Walnut Canyon, visitors stand at eye level with soaring ravens, eagles, and other birds

Walnut Canyon Raven

The 0.9-mile (1.4 km) Island Trail leads visitors down 240 stairs to explore 25 cliff dwelling rooms.

Walnut Canyon Snow

Walnut Canyon National Monument protects a series of ancient cliff dwellings built between 1125 and 1250 CE.

Cliff Dwellings

The 0.7-mile (1.1 km) Rim Trail reveals expansive views of Walnut Canyon and its cliff dwellings.

Walnut Canyon Rim Overlook

More than 125,000 people visit Walnut Canyon each year.

A Visitor at Walnut Canyon

The dynamic landscape of Walnut Canyon was home to a thriving Native American community roughly 900 years ago.

Walnut Canyon National Monument

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