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Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument is a sightseeing stop in Blanding, UT, part of the Canyonlands guide. Cost: under $25.
Square Tower Group visitor center, Utah and Colorado border · Blanding, UT
Why you should go…
Hovenweep protects six groups of Ancestral Puebloan villages spread along the Utah and Colorado border, built mostly between 1230 and 1275. You walk rim trails past multistory towers in square, oval, round and D shapes, some perched on boulders, including Hovenweep Castle and the Twin Towers. In 2014 it became the first International Dark Sky Park to span two states, and GPS can be unreliable, so bring a map.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Hovenweep National Monument, ordered by straight-line distance.
