Hovenweep – Square Tower Group
One of my favorite little national parks is Hovenweep National Monument. It is a quiet little area in the Four Corners part of Utah. It is one of the few campgrounds I actually enjoy visiting.
Most of the towers and buildings of Hovenweep Castle and the Square Tower Group were
Montezuma Creek and the Three Kiva Pueblo
There are many small Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) ruins and Ute and Anasazi petroglyph sites scattered along Montezuma Creek. Some are hard to spot, so you have to keep an eye out for them.
Near the middle of the canyon is Three Kiva Pueblo where the BLM has restored one of
Newspaper Rock
This is a large solitary panel in a nice shady canyon of eastern Utah. Petroglyphs from the Ancestral Puebloan (Anazasi), Fremont, and modern Ute are present. The site was used by multiple cultures for a long period of time, but why this spot? We may never know.
Mule Canyon Ruins
This is an Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) ruin site with many ruined towers and cliff dwellings. I had read about this site some time ago and was eager to go check it out. The site is not hard to reach, but hours of hiking and climbing are required to reach some
Butler Wash Ruins
Butler Wash is a long creek with Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) ruins scattered all along it. The BLM has created an overlook at one of the ruins in a side canyon of the wash. There is a nice natural bridge (arch) nearby and I got some good shots of recent rainwater