Square Tower Group Trail - Hovenweep National Monument, Utah
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N 37° 23.232 W 109° 04.773
12S E 670012 N 4139557
Hovenweep National Monument is a collection of ancestral puebloan ruins scattered throughout southeast Utah and southwest Colorado, dating from 250 AD through 1300 AD.
Waymark Code: WM5K2B
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2009
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The area of Hovenweep National Monument here at the Little Ruin Canyon, is considered the Square Tower group in the whole conglemeration considered Hovenweep and the Canyons of the Ancients.
Scattered throughout this valley are remains of a dozen or so different structures, indicating a population of some size inhabited this area, and evidence that the nearby mesa being farmed has also been excavated.
There is evidence that this area may have been inhabited as early as 250 AD, but these structures that remain as a reminder of the past were built around 1230 to 1275 AD. Some of the structures involve creative structural features and mortars.
The Ranger Station and Visitor Center are situated by this ruin, and a self guided trail 2 - 2.5 miles long, winds around the canyon and past these fabulous pieces of ancestral puebloan life.
The trail loops around the chasm, heads down briefly into the valley, then back up a steep (and I mean steep) incline back ot the visitor center.
The coordinates above are for the visitor center..the trail around the ruins is behind it.
Fee?: 3.00 (listed in local currency)
Approximate Time to Finish: 1 hour
Addtional Website URL: [Web Link]
Brochure or Interpretive Signs: Brochure
Rate the Walk: 
Wherigo Cartridge: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
A picture at the start of the Trail or Walk is greatly appreciated. Additional photos taken during the course of the walk would also be of great benefit.
If there does not appear to be a defined beginning to the trail or walk, pick a logical place (e.g. close to parking) or where information about the walk or trail can be gathered.