Once the home of more than 2,500 people, Hovenweep National Monument features 6 prehistoric villages that were built between the years of A.D. 1200 and 1300. The Puebloan-era villages are spread over a distance of approximately 20 miles; they’re situated near a number of canyons and mesa tops along the Colorado-Utah border. Visitors will be in awe when they see how this group of sedentary farmers were able to build these marvelous structures in such precarious locations, like balanced on boulders or built along canyon rims. The best way for visitors to explore and experience this national monument is through its well-marked trail system.

Hovenweep National Monument, County Road 413/213, Montezuma Creek, UT, Phone: 970-562-4282

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