Chaco Wash
The Chaco Wash is an arroyo cutting through Chaco Canyon, which is located in northwestern New Mexico on the Colorado Plateau. Another arroyo known as Escavada Wash is a tributary that feeds in from the northeast, near the western end of Chaco Canyon.Notable Places in the Area
Peñasco Blanco
Archaeological site
Peñasco Blanco is a Chacoan Ancestral Puebloan great house and notable archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, a canyon in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Peñasco Blanco is situated 2200 feet southeast of Chaco Wash. Photo: Bob Adams NM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casa Chiquita
Archaeological site
Casa Chiquita is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico, United States. Casa Chiquita is situated 2 miles southeast of Chaco Wash.
Chaco Wash
- Type: Stream
- Category: arroyo
- Location: New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Latitude 36.0861° or 36° 5' 10.1" north | Longitude -108.0081° or 108° 0' 29.2" west |
Elevation 6050 feet (1844 metres) | GeoNames ID 5461203 |
Also Known As
- Cebuano: Chaco Wash
- Dutch: Chaco Wash
- French: Chaco Wash
- Hungarian: Chaco-kanyon
- Italian: Chaco Wash
- Japanese: チャコ川
- Chaco Arroyo
- Chaco River
- North Fork Chaco Wash
Other Places Named Chaco Wash
- Fajada WashStream, New Mexico, United States
In the Area
Localities
- Tsun-Je-ZhinArea, 8 miles northeast
- Lake ValleyHamlet, 8 miles west
- TsayaHamlet, 10 miles west
- KimbetoHamlet, 11 miles northeast
Landmarks
- Clys CanyonValley, 2 miles southeast
- Chaco Culture National Historic Park Historical MarkerPark, 2½ miles southwest
- Chaco CanyonValley, 3 miles southeast
- Pueblo Bonito3 miles southeast
Other Places
- Escavada WashStream
- Padilla WellWell, 2 miles southwest
- 15R-307 Water WellWell, 2½ miles north
- Heshoda Bitsulliya3 miles southeast
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