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Pecos National Historical Park
Operating Hours & Seasons
 
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E.E. Fogelson Visitor Center
 

Ruins trail and Visitor Center open daily except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The Park is closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. NOTE: The Park will be Closed Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 19, 2009. This includes the Visitor Center and Ruins Trail.

Summer Hours: Memorial Day to Labor Day, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Ruins Trail and Visitor Center.

Winter Hours: Labor Day to Memorial Day, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ruins Trail only.

The Visitor Center is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during winter hours.

 
AV Kidder  

Did You Know?
Archeologist AV Kidder excavated Pecos with sponsorship of Phillips Academy 1915-1929. Archaeologist/historian RB Woodbury said, the project broke from tradition in archaeology from artifact collecting for museums to recovering, interpreting archaeological data to better understand cultural history.

Last Updated: January 13, 2009 at 15:41 EST