Thanks for doing this website; it is great. I do have a question that I have not found an answer for.

I last was at Chaco in the 80’s . At that time, the only road in was a long, dirt road that was in pretty bad shape much of the time.

I would like to go again this spring, probably late April, in a motorhome. What is the access situation now?

Thanks, LC

LC-

If you drove up from the south (from Navajo 9, which connects Crownpoint to Cuba), that dirt road is about the same as you remember it. I drove it last Fall.

If you came in from the north, that old road was closed after 1995 to protect some of the ruins (particularly Casa Chiquita). There is a different road in from the north (from US550, formerly NM44, 4 lanes and much improved) and a second one in from the south (also from Navajo 9 at Pueblo Pintado, a tiny town next to an interesting outlier, about a dozen miles east of the old South Road) — the newer roads merge before turning towards Chaco. Those newer roads are longer and still dirt, but much nicer, as long as there hasn’t been rain recently.

Thanks for your comment about my Chaco site. Write again with questions / comments and let me know how your trip turns out. You inspired me to mark up this map. mjh