Pecos National Historic Park
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Pecos National Historical Park
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Pecos Pueblo Mission Church
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| Location | NM 63 SW of jct. with NM 50, Pecos, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°33′00″N 105°41′4″W / 35.55000°N 105.68444°WCoordinates: 35°33′00″N 105°41′4″W / 35.55000°N 105.68444°W |
| Area | 6,671.4 acres (2,699.8 ha) |
| Built | 0800 |
| Visitation | 43,873 (2011) |
| Website | Pecos National Historical Park |
| NRHP Reference # |
66000485 (original) 91000822 (increase) |
| NMSRCP # | 74 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Boundary increase | July 2, 1991 |
| Designated NHL | October 9, 1960 |
| Designated NMON | June 28, 1965 |
| Designated NHP | July 2, 1991 |
| Designated NMSRCP | May 21, 1971 |
Pecos National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in San Miguel and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico. The park, operated by the National Park Service, encompasses thousands of acres of landscape infused with historical elements from prehistoric archaeological ruins to 19th-century ranches, to a battlefield of the American Civil War. Its largest single feature is Pecos Pueblo, a Native American community abandoned in historic times. First a state monument in 1935, it was made Pecos National Monument in 1965, and greatly enlarged and renamed in 1990. Two sites within the park, the pueblo and the Glorieta Pass Battlefield, are National Historic Landmarks.
Pecos National Historical Park's main unit is located in western San Miguel County, about 17 miles (27 km) east of Santa Fe and just south of Pecos.
The main unit of the park preserves the ruins of Pecos Pueblo, also known historically as Cicique. The first Pecos pueblo was one of two dozen rock-and-mud villages built in the valley around AD 1100 in the prehistoric Pueblo II Era. Within 350 years the Pueblo IV Era Pecos village had grown to house more than 2,000 people in its five-storied complex.
The main unit also protects the remains of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos, a Spanish mission near the pueblo built in the early 17th century. A 1.25-mile (2 km) self-guiding trail begins at the nearby visitor center and winds through the ruins of Pecos Pueblo and the mission church.
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