Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, CO
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N 37° 09.693 W 108° 27.895
12S E 725103 N 4115803
The Balcony House is one of the ruins that is not visible from the roadway, but from the view and meeting area for this tour, there are numerous other dwellings visible.
Waymark Code: WM3B0Y
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2008
Published By: S10
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Along Mesa Top Ruins Road, there are just so many spots to stop and see the thousands of dwellings spread throughout these canyons and mesas. The Balcony House requires a guided tour...and if you're clautrophobic, afraid of heights or ladders, you may have difficulty. The tour started at the top of the mesa above the Balcony House and requires crawling through a short tunnel and a 32 foot ladder.
The ancestral Puebloan people inhabited this dwelling later than most, and it seems as though, to protect their water source, the tunnel was created to "bump off" any intruders, and the inhabitants literally climbed the rock cliffs with their fingertips.
Location Name: Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, CO
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Visit Instructions:
A photo of either you or your GPS at the site is welcomed but not required.