Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677-acre (136 km2) United States National Monument near Los Alamos in Sandoval and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico. The monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest. Most of the pueblo structures date to two eras, dating between 1150 and 1600 AD.
Reconstructed kiva at Alcove House
Superintendent's Residence, Bandelier CCC Historic District, in 1984
Bandelier satellite image, December 2015: Bandelier's topgraphy can be seen most clearly in winter, with less vegetation obscuring it.
Bandelier National Monument Entry Sign 2017-05-05
Los Alamos is a census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, that is recognized as one of the development and creation places of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project by Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II. The town is located on four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau, and had a population of about 19,200 as of 2022. It is the county seat and one of two population centers in the county known as census-designated places (CDPs); the other is White Rock.
A westward aerial view of Los Alamos
The entrance to Los Alamos was guarded at the Main Gate during the Manhattan Project.
Los Alamos post office, built in 1948
View from the Anderson Overlook.
