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Location
Parking
Free parking at Visitor Center and trailheads; RV day-use parking available, some locations require high clearance vehicles
Accessibility
RV parking for day use at Visitor Center and some trailheads; toilets at Visitor Center and Lowry Pueblo; drinking water at Visitor Center; pets allowed under voice control
About Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center & Museum
Museum on local Native American cultures. Veteran museum dedicated to local Native American cultures featuring artifacts & 2 archeology sites.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Natural History Museum & National Monument
- Location
- Southwestern Colorado, near Mesa Verde and Cortez
- Size & History
- 176,000 acres with thousands of cultural sites spanning 12,000 years
- Admission
- Free monument access; small fee for Visitor Center
What visitors say
We decided to squeeze this park into our visit. We di not have sufficient time to visit all of the locations. We only did the visitor center, Escalante and Lowry Pueblos. The staff at center were very helpful in providing background…
Highly worth visiting the visitor center and taking the half mile out and back your of the kiva outside the visitor center. The guide at the visitor center was very knowledgeable and helpful in explaining the replica live inside the…
One of the best museums I've been to! And I've seen a lot. Great job, curators! So much to see. And - you've got to walk the half mile paved trail to a reservoir overlook and some ruins!!! Spectacular views. Thank you, too, to the staff…
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