Chiricahua Apache Plaza travel center located near Akela in Luna County. (Headlight staff photo by Billy Armendariz) ... A land claim was settled in the 1970s with the Indian Claims Commission.

Chiricahua National Monument is a lost land, a strange portal. It is perhaps the most exotic spot in Arizona you can reach via paved road.

Chiricahua National Monument in Southeastern Arizona was once the home of Apaches, and they had their own name for the place: “Land of the Standing-Up Rocks.” Take one look at the monument’s ...

Chiricahua National Monument is an unheralded wonder that attracts fewer than 150,000 people each year. ... The Apaches called it the “Land of Standing-Up Rocks,” according to the National ...

The Chiricahua leopard frog is characterized by its spotted skin and distinctive snore-like call. Found near permanent water sources, like springs, lakes and rivers, the frogs can breed year-round ...

In the case of Chiricahua, President Calvin Coolidge designated the approximately 12,000 acres of land near Willcox a national monument at a time when tourism and growth in the Southwest were ...

Located about 10 miles north of Chiricahua as the crow flies, this 1,000-acre park unit sits in a high-elevation valley between the Chiricahua and Dos Cabezas ranges. There are two routes to reach ...

Look up: rocks. • Look down: rocks. • Look far and wide: rocks. • Are you sensing a pattern here? • Rocks — of just about every conceivable size and ...

The National Park Service says the scenic Chiricahua National Monument is reopening this weekend after it was closed for a few days due to an area wildland fire. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Four members (the Perseus Group) then purchased 40 acres (16 ha) of land, donating the central 16 acres (6.5 ha) to TAAA in 2008, while each retained ownership of a protective 6-acre (2 ha) parcel ...