몬테주마 카운티‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪5‬개의 협곡

The canyons before you were once a bustling community of indigenous ancestral Pueblo families. There are over 30 cliff dwellings within these canyon alcoves and ledges. The history set within the confines of these deep, beautiful, inhospitable, sheer-sided canyons is amazing. Arguably, this overlook gives you the best view in the entire park.

From here, you can see the House of Many Windows, which is a small dwelling that was built into a precarious slot on a cliff ledge barely ten feet wide in Cliff Canyon. It has doorways that look like windows that give you entry into a house that has 15 rooms, and it is thought there was also a kiva. The views of Cliff Canyon from here are also superb.

Precariously perched on a remote cliff in Soda Canyon, Hemenway House looks like it's ready to fall off the small ledge on which it rests on the other side of the valley. Built in the 1200s, this cliff dwelling has 26 rooms and one kiva and was part of the larger Balcony House community. Hemenway House was named after Mary Tileston Hemenway, who funded the first scientific archeological expedition in the southwest. This is a beautiful vantage point with grand views up and down Soda Canyon.

This is another incredible Mesa Verde National Park bike ride. The Cliff Palace Loop Road is a 6-mile (10-km) drive with amazing overlooks of various cliff dwellings. The stops and overlooks along this road include: Cliff Palace Overlook, Cliff Canyon Overlook, House of Many Windows Overlook, Hemenway House Overlook, and the Balcony House Parking Area. The views along the way and the places to visit, if you have time on your hands, are amazing.

This is more than likely one of the most incredible bike rides you can get in the US. This 6-mile (10 km) road section takes you through 700 years of ancestral Pueblo history. You will see the remains of early pithouses, masonry villages, and multi-story cliff dwellings. There are twelve easily accessible paved trails to view twelve archeological sites on the loop, and you will have a viewpoint to see the incredible cliff palace. The highlights include the Square Tower House Overlook and views of Cliff Palace from Sun Point View and Sun Temple. The Mesa Top Loop Road is open daily, from 8:00 a.m. to sunset.