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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

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Overview, Canyon of the Ancients National Monument (Location: 37.454168,-108.971611)

Local Park Visit Number: 13

Location: Dolores, CO

Arrival Date: Aug 23, 2023

Trip Number: 10 (Group: 22)

Passport Region: Rocky Mountain

See more photos that I took here.

Remains of a Pueblo structure sit next to the parking lot of the Visitor Center, but most of the lands making up this monument lie to the west, along the Colorado-Utah border.

I passed through some of that land on my way to Hovenweep National Monument. The views where I stopped overlooked some Pueblo remains situated alongside a cliff.

This National Monument falls under the BLM rather than the NPS due to prior (and ongoing) land usage. As a park ranger told me, the paperwork to transfer a unit between governing bodies is formidable!

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     Location: (37.476149,-108.546864)

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