Montezuma Castle National Monument · Arizona

MOWE Swallet Trail

0.1 mi of trail, end to end · 20 ft of descent · 3,579 ft–3,601 ft · concrete surface · trail class Highly Developed · hiking

Exhibits

3,601 ft 3,581 ft · 0.1 mi high 3,601 ft

Along the way cliff houses homes on the ridge montezuma well pueblo living the beginning of agriculture the forming of montezuma well underwater chain of life wild riches

On the parks map

All 4 trails in Montezuma Castle National MonumentFind a trailOn the parks mapPark on nps.gov

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.