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Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View Watchtower
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Desert View Watchtower Retail Store (View Room) is open daily: 8 am to 6 pm. The upper floors of the tower are open, when staffing allows, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. The last tower access is at 5:00 pm, with the stairs closed for the day at 5:30 pm. A ticket system admits 25 people with a 20-minute time limit. A National Historic Landmark, the Watchtower was constructed in 1932.The design by Mary Colter is based on Ancestral Puebloan architecture found in the southwest.
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Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Defiance House Archeological Site
- Type: Place
Defiance House Archeological Site is a set of Ancestral Puebloan structures, petroglyphs, and pictographs tucked into a corner of Forgotten Canyon on lake Powell. It is only accessible by boat and then a hike. Conditions of the hike are not monitored, so we do not know if it is too muddy to go there today. There are no amenities at the site, take care of your needs before you arrive. Visit with respect.
Grand Canyon National Park
Tusayan Pueblo Site and Self-Guiding Trail
- Type: Place
The Tusayan Pueblo site and self-guiding trail are CLOSED - SEASON OVER. Located 3 miles (4.8km) west of Desert View Watchtower, the site is a small Ancestral Puebloan village showing the outlines of rooms and a round kiva. Visitors can walk a relatively flat 0.1 mile (200 m) self-guiding trail around the site. The adjacent museum is CLOSED until further notice.
Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Top Sites
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Mesa Verde National Park
Hemenway House Overlook
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Perched on a remote cliff in Soda Canyon, Hemenway House looks to fall off the small ledge on which it rests. Built in the 1200s, the cliff dwelling has 26 rooms and one kiva.
Bandelier National Monument
Big Kiva Pueblo Loop Trail Stop 4
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Tumacácori National Historical Park
Melhok Ki (ocotillo and mud house)
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The O'odham word for house is "ki" (kee). Melhok (pronounced moo' ro) is the word for the plant known in Spanish and English as "ocotillo." The particular structure that you see here is a modern construction of a traditional O'odham dwelling, made of mesquite timbers, ocotillo sticks, and mud.
Mesa Verde National Park
Sun Point Pueblo
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Hovenweep National Monument
Cutthroat Castle
- Type: Place
Cutthroat Castle is Hovenweep's northernmost unit. Surrounded by pinyon pine and desert views, the community is unique in its amount of kivas compared to other structures.
Grand Canyon National Park
Hopi House
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Open daily, 9 am to 5 pm, historic Hopi House, located right on the rim of Grand Canyon, has been offering authentic American Indian arts and crafts for over 100 years, and also carries many other items for sale. The structure was completed in 1905 and is a large, multi-story building of stone masonry, constructed as a replica of a Hopi pueblo, Hopi House was originally designed to house the main sales rooms for Fred Harvey Indian Arts gallery and shop.
Natural Bridges National Monument
Horse Collar Ruin Overlook
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This overlook is the easiest and best way to see Horse Collar Ruin, a well-preserved ancestral Puebloan site tucked into an alcove in the canyon wall.
Mesa Verde National Park
Cliff Palace Overlook
- Type: Place
Cliff Palace Overlook is a magnificent view point for Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in the park. With at least 150 rooms and 21 kivas, Cliff Palace is an exceptionally large cliff dwelling and possibly an important gathering place as an administrative center with ceremonial use for many nearby Ancestral Pueblo villages.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chetro Ketl
- Type: Place
Located 4 1/2 miles from the Visitor Center on the 9-mile Canyon Loop Drive. The trail through Chetro Ketl is ½ mile, roundtrip. It is graveled, and climbs several short, steep rises, so assistance is recommended for people using wheel chairs. Chetro Ketl is the second largest Chacoan great house. It covers more than 3 acres and contains a great kiva and elevated kivas.
Mesa Verde National Park
Farming Terrace Trail
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Beginning and ending on the spur road to Cedar Tree Tower, this 0.5-mile (0.8 km) loop trail leads through a series of check dams built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 800 years ago.
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Hungo Pavi
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Located 2 miles from the visitor on the 9-mile loop drive. Hungo Pavi is an unexcavated Chacoan great house (monumental public building) containing over 150 rooms, a great kiva, and an enclosed plaza. It is a good example of what Chacoan sites look like without excavations--covered with a protective blanket of wind-blown sand and native vegetation. Travel in small groups to lessen our impacts to this fragile site.
Mesa Verde National Park
House of Many Windows Overlook
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House of Many Windows Overlook opens up to wide views of Cliff Canyon, and its many cliff dwellings tucked into the canyon walls.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Ancestral Pueblo Site
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Long before the Manhattan Project came to the Pajarito Plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people lived in the area. Two to three families of Tewa-speaking people likely occupied this Pueblo around 1225. It would have included bedrooms, kitchens, storage rooms, and a semi-circular kiva used for ceremonies and meetings. The Pueblo is part of the Los Alamos History Museum campus.
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Aztec West Audio Tour: The Center
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The fourth cultural story of the Aztec West self-guided audio tour. The trail through the Aztec West great house is 0.5 mile in length and requires about 40 minutes to complete using the audio tour. Most of the trail is paved and accessible to wheelchairs, with some steps and low doorways. Wheelchairs are available at the visitor center to borrow upon request.