Sky City Cultural Center & Haak'u Museum 

Acoma Pueblo.  An hour west of Albuquerque on I-40 is the exit to "Sky City," or Acoma Pueblo.  One of the state's most dramatic landscapes, Acoma sits on top of a steep mesa overlooking the desert.  In September 2007, Acoma Sky City was designated as the National Trust's 28th historic site.

For a small fee, an Acoma tour guide will take visitors on a walking tour through the pueblo.  This takes anywhere from half an hour to an hour and includes the plaza and mission church.  Still photography permits are available at $10 per camera; video, binoculars and cell phone cameras are not permitted on tour.  Group rates are available, call 800.747.0181 for more information.

Below the mesa, visitors can tour the Haak'u museum for a small fee and refresh themselves at the Yaak'a cafe in the new Sky City Cultural Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.  A wooded picnic area is also available about a mile down the road on your way out.  Rising majestically, the ancient formation called Enchanted Mesa provides the perfect resting spot before moving on.

Acoma Pueblo is open year-round, but is closed for private ceremonies July 10-13 and the first or second weekend in October.  Call for other closure dates throughout the year 800.747.0181.