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Sun Temple on Chapin Mesa.
View of Cliff Palace from Sun Point View.
Detail showing the construction of these structures. Hand-shaped sandstone blocks and mortar.
Square Tower House ruin. Tours are available for only a few weeks in spring and fall.
Well-preserved pit houses from the mesa-top period.
Kiva attached to a pit house on Chapin Mesa.
Cedar Tree Tower and the La Plata Mountains on the horizon.
View from Sun Point View on the Mesa Top Loop Road.