Benque Archaeological Park
Benque Archaeological Park is an archaeological site in Cayo, Belize. Benque Archaeological Park is situated nearby to the park Riverside Trail, as well as near Panteon Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Xunantunich.
Xunantunich
Photo: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0.
Xunantunich is an archaeological site outside the town of San Jose Succotz, in the Cayo District of Belize.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benque Viejo del Carmen and Melchor de Mencos.
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Benque Viejo del Carmen, usually shortened to Benque or Benque Viejo, is the westernmost town in Belize. It is located right on the Guatemalan border, across from the Guatemalan town of Melchor de Mencos, and is located 130 km by road west and south of Belize City.
Melchor de Mencos
Photo: Rudy Canales, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melchor de Mencos is in Guatemala on the border with Belize and is usually a place that most travelers merely pass through, but it does have some stelae and zoomorphs in a square not far away.
Benque Archaeological Park
- Type: Archaeological site
- Inscription: “Small Maya site that at one time served as the household of a rural elite family. Previous archaeological investigations of the settlement indicate that it was affiliated with the large ancient city of Xunantunich”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.07089° or 17° 4′ 15″ northLongitude
-89.14238° or 89° 8′ 33″ westOpen location code
769G3VC5+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 591666431OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Riverside Trail and Panteon Cemetery.
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