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The ultimate adventure guide
The False Kiva has become an iconic site of the American Southwest.
Park at the Alcove Springs pull out.
Look for the heavily used trail behind the juniper branches.
Head down the drainage into the canyon below.
Follow the canyon down below the high alcove walls.
The alcove of the False Kiva is not readily visible from the trail, but it is located in a fold of the canyon at the center of this photograph.
The last part of the trail is a scramble over this rocky ledge.
The False Kiva.
Needle Butte in the distance.
Light breaking through the clouds on the False Kiva.
The view to the south on the hike out.
Sunset at the Green River Overlook a few miles from the False Kiva trailhead.