Gallo Campground — Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Reviewed Sep. 29, 2018

campground is a-ok, ruins are incredible. also, winter is cold.

The campground is fine- everything you would want- picnic table, fire ring… but most of all it is right in the neighborhood some incredible Chacoan pueblos. Looking at pictures of these dwellings I had always expected that they'd be fenced off and observed from a distance, but you actually get to walk around INSIDE these buildings that were constructed from the 800s-1200s AD. It is so amazing to touch the rock and see the old planks of wood framing the doorways. I went for a trail run up toward the older, smaller site and scared off a bunch of elk. Up high there you can see a divet in the landscape that is believed to be part of a superhighway of trade that ran all the way to Mexico. Nights got really cold (10 degrees, yup it was February) but worth it to be there at such a peaceful time of year :) Water was available at the welcome center but not the campground itself.

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