Blanding in San Juan County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

The Square Tower Group

Hovenweep National Monument

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

1. The Square Tower Group Marker

Inscription. Over 700 years ago, Little Ruin Canyon was the scene of a sizable ancestral Pueblo community. Sustained by a small spring at the head of the canyon and rainwater held behind check dams on the mesa top, they flourished in what we would consider a harsh environment.

(Inscription under the photos in the lower left) Hovenweep Castle and Stonghold House.

Erected by National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Notable Places.

Location. 37° 23.022′ N, 109° 4.326′ W. Marker is in Blanding, Utah, in San Juan County. It is on Hovenweep Campground Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Blanding UT 84511, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Canyon Country.

It is also in the American Mountain West,

in Colorado Plateau,

and at the Four Corners.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hovenweep National Monument (here, next to this marker); Welcome to Hovenweep National Monument (approx. ¼ mile away); Toa'towekia: The Place Where the Songs Came From (approx. 7.4 miles away in Colorado); Construction, Expansion & Remodeling (approx. 16.2 miles away

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in Colorado); What Did it Look Like? (approx. 16.2 miles away in Colorado); The Best Rooms in Town (approx. 16.2 miles away in Colorado); Painted Kivas (approx. 16.2 miles away in Colorado); Common Ground (approx. 16.2 miles away in Colorado).

Marker in front of the Hovenweep National Monument Visitor Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

2. Marker in front of the Hovenweep National Monument Visitor Center

Little Ruin Canyon Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

3. Little Ruin Canyon Marker

Stronghold House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

4. Stronghold House

Hovenweep Ruins image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

5. Hovenweep Ruins

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

6. Hovenweep Ruins

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

7. Hovenweep Ruins

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

8. Hovenweep Ruins

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

9. Hovenweep Ruins

Entrance to the Hovenweep National Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 4, 2008

10. Entrance to the Hovenweep National Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 583 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on January 24, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.