I'm at Cutthroat Upper Trailhead, Hovenweep National Monument
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94RedRover
N 37° 26.770 W 108° 58.400
12S E 679275 N 4146297
In the trailhead register, there is a small map of Hovenweep National Monumemt...with a "You Are Here" marked.
Waymark Code: WM5M0P
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2009
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Added to Hovenweep National Monument in 1956, this collection of ruins has features unique from other groups scattered throughout the Canyon of the Ancients. The Canyon of the Ancients is an area of southwestern Colorado and southeast Utah, which includes a high concentration of ancestral Puebloan ruins. This area had a high population density, and "villages" such as this group date from around 400 AD through 1300 AD, when the area quickly and mysteriously was abandoned on a grand scale.
To access this group of ruins, high clearance four wheel drive is required. This site is not easy to find on a map...from 491 outside of Cortez, take County Road BB and travel 6 miles to County Road 10. Turn south and go 11.3 miles. Turn left onto a rocky, dirt road for about one mile. The trail to the Painted Hand Pueblo will be on your left. Continue on just a sort way, and the trail becomes more difficult.
Here, at the trailhead, the hiking trail splits from the 4 wheel drive trail. The hike is just .8 miles to the ruins, each way. It is across sandy, rocky soil, but a path has been beaten and cleared relatively well. A small amount of parking is available at this spot.
Location Name: Cutthroat Upper Trailhead, Hovenweep National Monument
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Visit Instructions:
A photo of either you or your GPS at the site is welcomed but not required.