Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Stamps obtained at this park
Local Park Visit Number: 13
Location: Dolores, CO
Arrival Date: Aug 23, 2023
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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