El Malpais National Monument Visitor Center

Helpful park staff with information to help our visit.

Incredibly nice visitor center. Helpful park staff there to answer questions and give suggestions of places to be sure we visited. Ample parking close by.

Very helpful staff

Very helpful staff at the visitors center. Several short walks to sights in the park area. Recommend Sandstone Cliffs and hiking over the lava flows, although the latter has no clearly defined path; j...

Route 66

A great visitor’s center with a beautiful view of the area. We drove through the monument to visit La Ventana Natural Arch, but didn’t explore any further because it was raining. Note: the visitor’s ...

Stop to Find Your Flow

First timers, was not expecting it to be this cold in late October! There was snow on the ground & the wind was fierce. Very nice Visitor's Center, we didn't see the film but did look at the displays...

Nice visitor center- stop by before entering the park!

Stopped off at 9am when they opened and got a map. The ranger gave me some tips saying to look out for tadpoles at the sand bluff outlook- which we did! Nice small exhibit and clean bathrooms.