This Trail Of Ancient Ruins In Utah Will Transport You To The Past
The Trail of the Ancients is a National Scenic Byway that stretches across Colorado, Utah and Arizona. The Utah portion of the trail includes 12 historic and archaeological sites that every Utahn should definitely visit.
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Start your journey here, where you'll find information, maps and a museum of artifacts.
Explore the Puebloan village and climb down into the kiva.
The Puebloan ruins here consist of a residence, storage structures and four kivas.
Comb Ridge is an 80-mile-long monocline. Monarch Castle is one of the several Puebloan ruins here.
House On Fire is one of the most easily-recognizable Puebloan ruins in Utah.
Natural Bridges National Monument has three natural bridges: Kachina, Owachomo and Sipapu.
The 52-mile-long gulch contains tons of petroglyphs.
The 17-mile stretch of road through the valley is full of stunning vistas.
The view here is 1,500 feet above the San Juan River.
The little town of Bluff was founded in 1880. Stop by the Twin Rocks Trading Post for a bite to eat.
The sandstone cliff here features hundreds of petroglyphs that range from 300-3,000 years old. The San Juan River provides a beautiful place for a quick stroll.
Monument Valley marks the end of the Utah stretch of the Trail of the Ancients. These formations are some of the most photographed in the country.
Have you ever driven the Utah section of this remarkable trail? Tell us about it!
For more information on the entire trail (spanning three states), click here. For a map of the whole trail, click here.
