A 2-mile (3.2-km) hiking trail winds through the tent rocks.
The cliff faces of Peralta Canyon are pierced by smaller canyons containing the tent rocks, so named because their shape resembles tents or cones.
Tent Rocks, less than an hour south of Santa Fe, has everything you could want in a desert trek, including slot canyons, bizarrely beautiful rock formations and incredible views.
The trail is only open during daylight hours, with no camping at Tent Rocks, but the nearby Cochiti Lake recreation area offers developed sites.
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, geologically unique group of rock formations located in the foothills of the Jemez Mountains, north-central New Mexico, U.S., about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Santa Fe.
"Within 45 minutes it was in Johnsondale, five miles away," said Danny Randall, a Bureau of Land Management employee who was assigned to the McNalley command team from his post at Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico.
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, NM Distance: 3 miles round trip | Elevation gain: 100 ft | Learn more.
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a great day hike.
Andrew Young, New York: "Hiking through the slot canyon with my two boys and family to the top of Tent Rocks National Park in New Mexico near Santa Fe.
It consists of seven colossal stone forms in various day-glo colors that resemble "hoodoos," also called "tent rocks" and "earth pyramids," which are tall, thin spires of rock that protrude from drainage basins.
In reality the crazy fairgrounds and dance tents at rock festivals are far more subversive – because they are joyous.
