Everything about Kasha-katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument totally explained
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, located 40 miles southwest of
Santa Fe, New Mexico (near
Cochiti), is a
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed site that was established as a
U.S. National Monument by President
Bill Clinton in January 2001 shortly before leaving office.
The area owes its remarkable geology to layers of volcanic rock and ash deposited by a volcanic explosion. Over time,
weathering and
erosion of these layers has created canyons and
tent rocks. The tent rocks themselves are cones of soft
pumice and
tuff beneath harder
caprocks.
The monument is open for day use only and may be closed by order of the
Cochiti Pueblo Tribal Governor. A 1.2 mile (1.9 km) recreation trail leads up through a
slot canyon to a lookout point where the tent rocks may be viewed from above. A 1.3 mile (2 km) loop trail leads past their base. The park is located between 5700 and 6400 feet (1737-1951 m) above sea level.
The Monument is unit of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System.
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Image:Tent_Rocks_Entrance.jpg|Tent Rocks near Monument Entrance
Image:Tent_Rocks_From_Lookout.jpg|Tent Rocks viewed from Lookout Point
Image:Kashaslotcan.JPG|Slot canyon on trail
Image:TentRocksScale.jpg|Tent Rocks with scale comparison
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