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El Morro National Monument is 43 miles southwest of Grants via SR 53. The central features of the 1,278-acre monument are 200-foot-high Inscription Rock and the water hole fed by snowmelt and rainfall pouring off the rock. The Spanish called the sandstone mesa El Morro, meaning “the bluff” or “the headland.”

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ARTICLEEl Morro National Monument El Morro National Monument is 43 miles southwest of Grants via SR 53. The central features of the 1,278-acre monument are 200-foot-highInscription Rockand the water hole fed by snowmelt and rainfall pouring off the rock. The Spanish called the sandstone mesa El Morro, meaning “the bluff” or “the headland.”El Morro National Monument
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