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Site Summary: Hovenweep National Monument protects five major Ancestral Puebloan sites, spread across the southern Utah and Colorado border region. Many of these sites contain fascinating multistory towers overlooking unspoiled canyonlands.
Hovenweep is a Paiute word for Deserted Canyon, and the National Park Service takes great pride in the park's undeveloped character.
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Getting There:
The road to the Visitor Center and Square Tower Group is paved from Cortez, Colorado, on County Road G (the McElmo Canyon Road), and from White Mesa (south of Blanding) on Highway 262. The road from Highway 666 (near Pleasant View) is dirt and may be impassable after storms. This road accesses most of the outlying units in Colorado. All roads into the outlying units are dirt and are not maintained regularly. High-clearance vehicles are recommended for visiting these sites.
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