Hovenweep National Monument 206a

Native American ruins at Hovenweep National Monument in southeast Utah. Though the structures at Hovenweep aren't quite as complex as those at some other sites, the park is more interesting. That's partly because of how the main trail was laid out -- a very comfortable 2 mile hike, mostly on rock, with some trees and shade. Since the structures themselves were smaller, and the area looked more habitable, it was also easier to imagine the area as it might have been at the time of Puebloan settlement in the 13th century.

The hike described above is for the Square Tower group, which is nearest the visitor center. The structures there are mainly around a canyon that is about a mile long and not particularly deep. This view is from the where the trail goes down in the canyon, most of the structures are on the canyon edge. Note the oddly formed rock just to the lower left of the center -- that's actually a structure.

Pictures of Hovenweep are of a summer and winter trips.