Hike the Parks: Mesa Verde National Park & Beyond (eBook)

Best Day Hikes, Walks, and Sights

Courtney Johnson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
240 Seiten
Mountaineers Books (Verlag)
978-1-68051-739-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Includes suggested itineraries for trips spanning one to three daysFeatures 30 field-tested trailsMany hikes includearchaeologicalsitesSouthwestern Colorado boasts spectacular hikes as well as archaeological sites that offer insight into the regions Ancestral Puebloan, Navajo, Apache, and Ute peoples. This compact guidebook covers the 30 best hikes in Mesa Verde National Park, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Hovenweep National Monument, as well as in the nearby Colorado Plateau towns of Cortez, Delores, and Mancos. The centerpiece of this region, Mesa Verde, was one of the very first US national parks and is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, renowned for its hundreds of iconic cliff dwellings and five thousand archaeological sites. A handful of trails among the areas forests and rivers, in places such as Mancos State Park and McPhee Reservoir, contrast with the spectacular mesas, rock formations, and washes of canyon country.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 80 color photos; 38 maps
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Hotel- / Restaurantführer
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Ancestral Puebloan • ancients scenic byway • Canyons of the Ancients • chapin mesa • cliff dwelling colorado • cliff palace • Cortez • four corners hiking • Hovenweep • Knife Edge Trail • navajo people • southwestern colorado hiking • square tower house • trip planning mesa verde • Wetherill mesa
• ISBN-10: 1-68051-739-2 / 1680517392
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68051-739-2 / 9781680517392