Archaelogical Sites
From dinosaur bones to ancient artifacts, Colorado’s history comes alive at these historic sites.
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Home to Mesa Verde National Park, two national monuments and a tribal park. Travel the Trail of the Ancients, the only National Scenic Byway dedicated to archeology....
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Travel back in time at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, a new 20,000-square-foot museum located in Woodland Park, Colorado, featuring fossils from North...
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Because the dunes and surrounding mountains are designated wilderness, this is a great place to enjoy unspoiled natural beauty in a variety of ways. Whether you play in...
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Visit the Anasazi Heritage Center for more information.
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Sheer-walled canyons, monoliths, colorful formations, bighorn sheep, soaring eagles and a spectacular road reflect the environment and history of plateau-and-canyon...
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Hovenweep National Monument protects six prehistoric, Puebloan-era villages spread over a twenty-mile expanse of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border.
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Explore craggy hills, discover fragments of a long ago world where the largest land creatures of all time once roamed and died. Rock art, scenery, homesteads,...
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Chimney Rock is an archaeological area that was home to the ancestors of the modern Pueblo Indians 1,000 years ago. Guided and self-guided tours available daily.
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Some of today’s most famous dinosaurs were first discovered here.
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