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1. Trail of the Ancients Homepage Sunset over Mesa Verde Zuni Star Dancers Prickly Pear Cactus in Bloom Rainbow over Mesa Verde Ute Indian and Sunset Collard Lizard Hovenweep Sunset

© Lori Huff © Branson Reynolds © Sandy Feutz © Lori Huff © Lou Swenson/Trail of the Ancients © Lori Huff © Kerrick James

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2. Stops Along the Trail - Overview Mesa Verde Overlook Standing on Four Corners Monument Lowry Mesa Verde Galloping Goose Railcar Balcony House Hovenweep Sunset

© Mesa Verde Company © Aramark Mesa Verde Company © Istock Photo © Lori Huff © Mesa Verde Company © Galloping Goose Historical Society © Aramark Mesa Verde Company © Kerrick James

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3. Mesa Verde National Park Square Tower House Cliff Palace Group Coyote Village Kiva Spruce Tree House Balcony House Today

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4. Chapin Mesa Balcony House

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5. Wetherill Mesa Long House

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6. Mesa Verde Services Campers

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7. Visiting Mesa Verde Group at Cliff Palace

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8. Lowry Pueblo Lowry Pueblo with Sunflowers Walls at Lowry Pueblo Foundation at Lowry Pueblo Lowry Pueblo Doorway View from Lowry Pueblo

© Bill Proud © Lori Huff © Lori Huff © Lori Huff © Lori Huff

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9. Visiting Lowry Pueblo Great Kiva at Lowry Pueblo

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10. Hovenweep National Monument Eroded Boulder House Tower at Hovenweep Walls at Hovenweep Hovenweep Walls Square Tower Group Hovenweep Tower

© Lori Huff © Lori Huff © Lori Huff © Lori Huff © Lori Huff © Lori Huff

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11. Visiting Hovenweep Hovenweep Sunset

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12. Ute Mountain Tribal Park Tree House Site Morris 5 Site Visiting Eagles Nest Eagles Nest at UMTP On the Ledge at Eagles Nest Ladder to Eagles Nest

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13. Visiting Ute Mountain Tribal Park Rock Art

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14. CANM VC and Museum CANM VC and Museum McPhee Lake & Escalante Pueblo Ancestral Puebloan Pot Artifact Escalante Pueblo View of Sleeping Ute from CANM

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15. CANM VC Exhibits & Events Hands-On Exhibits

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16. Visiting the CANM VC and Museum Escalante Pueblo

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17. Cortez Cultural Center Cortez Cultural Center Mural Hoop Dancer Navajo Hogan Cortez Center Jingle Dancer

© Trail of the Ancients © Cortez Cultural Center © Lori Huff © Sandy Feutz © Cortez Cultural Center

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18. Visiting Cortez Cultural Center Native American Dancers

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19. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Summer Excavation Program Hands-on Archaeology Dig Cataloging Artifacts Archaeology Dig with CCAC Crow Canyon Arch. Center

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20. Visiting Crow Canyon Archaeology Dig with Crow Canyon

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21. Galloping Goose Railcar & Museum Galloping Goose No. 5 Goose at Dolores Farmers Market Galloping Goose at Depot Galloping Goose at Depot (2) Restored Interior of Goose

© Galloping Goose Historical Society © Barbara Grist © Tom Vaughn © Tom Vaughn © Tom Vaughn

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22. Visiting Galloping Goose Galloping Goose and Museum

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23. Four Corners Monument Standing at Four Corners Group at Four Corners Monument Navajo Sheep Navajo Rug Four Corners Marker Fun at Four Corners

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24. Visiting Four Corners Monument Marker at Four Corners Monument

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25. The Ancestral Puebloan People Pot

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26. Preserving Archaeological Sites East Rock Site

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27. The Five Senses of TOTA Looking into the Past Kiva Ladder Singing Meadowlark Sage and Juniper Chilies

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28. Services on Trail of the Ancients Colorado Welcome Center Roasting Marshmallows Shopping in Cortez Mesa Verde Picnic Woman Sleeping

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29. Suggested Itineraries Native American Dancers Cliff Palace Guide at Ute Tribal Park Flute & Pot Hovenweep Towers Sunset Over Mesa Verde

© Cortez Cultural Center © Trail of the Ancients © Trail of the Ancients © Aramark Mesa Verde Company © Lori Huff © Lori Huff

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30. Neighboring Byways Arches National Monument Dolores River in Autumn Monument Valley Four of Five Faces Edge of the Cedars Kiva Ladder Monument Valley Spires Westwater Site Bridal Veil Falls, Telluride Town of Silverton

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31. San Juan Skyway Motorcycles on Mesa Verde Lime Creek Valley Yankee Girl Mine Durango & Silverton Train Mountains and Wildflowers Lupines and La Platas

© Aramark Mesa Verde Company © Ashley Allen © Telluride Visitor Services © Durango Area Tourism Office © Jill Ward © Trail of the Ancients

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32. Utah Trail of the Ancients Grand Gulch Skier Cutthroat Castle Wall Along the San Juan River Cliff Dwellings Wolfman Panel Butler Wash Site Kiva Pueblo Ladder

© San Juan County Economic Development © San Juan County Economic Development © San Juan County Economic Development © San Juan County Economic Development © San Juan County Economic Development © San Juan County Economic Development © San Juan County Economic Development

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33. The Culture Continues Zuni Star Dancer Taos Pueblo Woman with Baskets Acoma "Sky City" Pueblo Eagle Dancer Traditional Jemez Pottery

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34. McElmo Creek Flume Overview of restored flume Montezuma Valley water story Deteriorating Flume in 2010 Restoring the wooden trough

© Lisa Ann Schwantes, CDOT © Linda A. Towle © Linda A. Towle © Linda A. Towle

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35. Visiting McElmo Flume Sign for Flume on Hwy 160 Information kiosk in parking lot Handicap access to overlook Panel at flume overlook

© Linda A. Towle © Linda A. Towle © Lisa Ann Schwantes, CDOT © Linda A. Towle