36.0608°N  ·  107.9631°W  ·  CHACO CULTURE NHP  ·  NEW MEXICO  ·  ELEV 1,920 M

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Chaco Canyon — Archaeoastronomy & Remote Sensing
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LiDAR terrain render of Chaco Canyon
USGS 3DEP  ·  1/3 ARC-SECOND DEM  ·  forge3d GPU RENDER
Chaco Canyon, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. The canyon is roughly 15 km long and 1–3 km wide, cut into the Cretaceous Mesa Verde sandstone. Fajada Butte rises 135 m above the canyon floor at the eastern entrance.
Great Houses of Chaco Canyon