The Far View Sites Complex in Mesa Verde National Park was among the most densely populated areas on the mesa between A.D. 900 and 1300. Nearly 50 villages have been identified within a half-square-mile area, housing hundreds of people. Today, visitors can walk an easy, flat, self-guided trail to explore several excavated and stabilized sites linked by a short walking trail, including Far View House, Pipe Shrine House, Coyote Village, Far View Reservoir, Megalithic House, and Far View Tower. Notably, the Ancestral Pueblo people inhabited Far View at least 200 years before constructing the more famous cliff dwellings. Excavations also reveal that many residents chose to remain in their mesa-top community even after neighbors moved into cliff alcoves.