To Gallup

To Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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El Morro National Monument

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Cerro Americano

Cerro Negro Cerro Hueco

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CHAIN OF CRATERS

Cerro Lobo

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EL MALPAIS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA

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Exit 79

CIBOLA

MILAN

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NATIONAL FOREST

A CO MA I ND I A N R E S E R VATIO N

To Gallup

Exit 81

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LAGUNA INDIAN RE SE R VATION

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Exit 85

Hi sto ric

San Rafael

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Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center

Exit 89

40

To Albuquerque

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Bandera Crater Ice Caves

(private)

Gallo Peak

El Malpais (NPS) Information Center

42

Cerro Bandera 8372ft 2552m

Lava Crater

Twin Craters

El Calderon Area

Junction Cave

Lost Woman Crater

LA

El Malpais (BLM) Ranger Station

ME S A NE G R A

El Calderon

Cerro Rendija

Sandstone Bluffs Overlook

Big Tubes Area

Zuni-Acoma

(closed at dusk)

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Lava Falls Area

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The name El Malpais refers to both the national monument managed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the national conservation area managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). As a land feature, the term El Malpais the Badlandsis used locally and in other parts of the southwest to refer to lava flows.
National Monument (NPS)
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Exit 102

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McCartys

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Acoma Pueblo

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Hoya de Cibola

Braided Cave

EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT

La Vieja

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Cerro Hoya

CA

NYO

Cerro Encierro

La Ventana Natural Arch

I ND I A N

Narrows Picnic Area

RE S E R VAT I O N

McCartys Crater

117

LAGUNA INDIAN RE SE R VATION

Cebollita Peak

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LA

117

CA

NY

ON

CEBOLLA
Dittert Site
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WILDERNESS
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Paved road

Information Gas station

36

National Conservation Area (BLM) Wilderness Area within NCA (BLM)

Unpaved 2-wheel-drive road

Restrooms Picnic area

Private lands exist within present boundaries of El Malpais and must be respected. Please close all gates and stay on designated roads. Do not use this map for hiking. Obtain maps at the visitor information center and ranger station.

North

Unpaved high-clearance 4-wheel-drive road

Self-guiding trail Campground

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5 Kilometers 5 Miles

Lava flow

Hiking trail

Primitive campsite