Covid-19 and Tours Information:
Pursuant to Governor Lujan-Grisham's emergency public health order, effective immediately, we are suspending tours of the Wells Petroglyph Preserve until further notice.
If you have booked a tour with us, we hope you will reschedule for a later date.
Tours are an important part of funding the project, and your support means so much to us. If you cannot reschedule and want to cancel your tour, we hope you'll consider donating your tour fee to help sustain the project through what we anticipate will be a financially difficult year for us.
Self-guided tours are not allowed on the preserve.
The Wells Petroglyph Preserve is a 181 acre parcel of the larger landscape of Mesa Prieta. With over 10,000 petroglyphs, the preserve's high concentration of images from Archaic, Ancestral Puebloan and Historic periods offers an incredible and rich opportunity for exploration and experience guided by one of our docents.
Our tours offerings are available as part of our mission to increase awareness and raise support for the preservation of the entirety of Mesa Prieta. To learn more about the Wells Petroglyph Preserve, click here.
Our tours offerings are available as part of our mission to increase awareness and raise support for the preservation of the entirety of Mesa Prieta. To learn more about the Wells Petroglyph Preserve, click here.
The Wells Petroglyph Preserve is private property at a protected location near Velarde, NM. After booking your tour, you will be sent a confirmation email with an attached map to this location.
Please read General Information about tours BELOW.
Please read General Information about tours BELOW.
Tours on the Wells Petroglyph Preserve
General Information about all tours:
Please follow the official instructions attached to the confirmation email to navigate to our trailhead. We advise downloading and printing prior to departure.
Our office is open Tuesday through Saturday; actual hours vary as we may be out leading a tour. Correspondence occurs best via email. If you have any trouble while booking your tour please contact us at tours@mesaprietapetroglyphs.org.
We lead tours in small groups of approximately 6 people.
Self-guided tours are not permitted.
Tours start times are indicated in the reservation process (early mornings) and last 2 hours (approx.).
We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to prepare for hiking. Please be prompt. Tours leave the parking area at the designated start time.
PLEASE NOTE - failure to arrive at the time indicated on your reservation may lead to tour cancellation.
Children under 10 are not permitted.
Pets are not permitted; service dogs are allowed.
Bring a hat, water, sunscreen, a walking stick if desired, and boots or sturdy shoes. Binoculars come in handy! Be aware that tours cover steep and sometimes rugged terrain.
Photography is allowed for personal enjoyment only. Commercial photography is prohibited.
No tours are scheduled Sundays or Mondays. Tours are not scheduled on the following holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day following and Christmas or the day following.
Please be advised that once Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project has confirmed your tour reservation - your tour fee is non-refundable. Occasionally tours are rescheduled for unavoidable reasons such as weather, safety, trail conditions, illness or other emergency needs. In the event of a cancellation, you will have two weeks to rebook a future tour. After that time, please consider your tour fee a donation to MPPP- we thank you!
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