Pueblo Pintado

On my way home from the Chuska Challenge I stayed quite north of I-40, and for awhile I was on the alternate route of the GDMBR between Cuba and Grants, New Mexico. The Pueblo Pintado ruins are 1.7 miles off route, but well worth the detour if you have the time and ambition.

On GDMBR Map 5B on the Chaco Alternative somewhere near mile 53 (on the map) there is a marked sign to Chaco Canyon. If you are southbound then about a 1/4 mile past that are some large, tall water towers and another unmarked turn to the north. That is the turn to the Pueblo Pintado ruins. At first the dirt road seems like it is just headed for some house trailers to the west, but then it turns more northerly and curves around past the dirt track to the ruins on a little knoll.



This shot is looking back to the water towers where you turn from the main road (center of picture). Click to enlarge.



Watch out for rattlesnakes in the warm months.



A house on the hill.

Definitely click to enlarge and be able to read the description of the site.