No: 1385
Access Public
Visible Yes
Name Trail of the Ancients, Colorado/utah Type 1 Place Historic
Type 2 Location [multiple]Region ML
Country USA
Phone Web byways.org/explore/byways/2597
Video Month Rate Plan N
Done N
Comments A double-loop route straddling the "Four Corners" takes in a region inhabited since ancient times by Native American peoples and passes through dramatic sculptural landscapes of bare, eroded rock. Covering 480 miles (772 km), it starts at Cortez and Mesa Verde National Park, and includes Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park and the Anasazi Heritage Center.
PLANNING: The route follows U.S. 160, Colo. 145, 184, U.S. 491, C.R. 10, U.S. 191, Utah 95, 275, 261, U.S. 163, 162, 262.