Last updated: January 28, 2025
Thing to Do
Crack-In-Rock Ranger-Led Hike

NPS
Crack-In-Rock Day Hikes
Day trips to Crack-In-Rock will be offered each year in April and October.
Two separate day hikes will be offered this spring on April 2nd and April 12th, 2025. Reservations will be taken using an online form linked below starting on Feb 1st. The form will close on Feb 28th. The number of participants on each hike is limited to 12 to preserve these fragile resources. Spots are filled on a first come first served basis. Applicants on the wait list will be notified of available openings in the order they competed the form. All applicants will be notified of their place on a hike or a waitlist during the first week of March.
Registration Link
For questions about this hike please contact FLAG_Ranger_Hikes@nps.gov.
Participants will be driven by NPS staff in 4x4 vehicles and then led on a guided hike to the Crack-In-Rock Pueblo and other nearby archeological sites to experience protected petroglyph panels and Ancestral Puebloan structures.
This day hike will be approximately four miles total in desert conditions.The hike is strenuous to include uneven terrain and steep talus slopes, participants will be exposed to outdoor conditions all day.
These sites and the lands they are on are culturally significant to the 13 Traditionally Associated Tribes of Wupatki National Monument, all of whom have ancestral ties to this area.