Chimney Rock — National Monument

Maintaining the site as a sacred space for modern Pueblo tribes.

A multi-room stone building perched on a high ridge. Unlike typical residential structures, its strategic location suggests it was used for ceremonial purposes and celestial observation . chimney rock national monument

The most significant aspect of Chimney Rock is its role as a celestial calendar. The Ancestral Puebloans used the natural framing of the twin pinnacles to track lunar and solar cycles. Maintaining the site as a sacred space for

Managed for archaeological protection and public education, the monument's management plan focuses on: the monument's management plan focuses on: