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Crawford State Park Mesa Verde
Crawford State Park Crawford State park is located approximetaly thirty one miles east of Delta Colorado. To get there head east out of Delta on highway 92. Once you reach Hotchkiss, bear right at the fork in the road and continue on highway 92 until you reach the park. Since Crawford Resevoir is a state park, there is a park fee. The daily park pass is $5, Annual parks pass is $55 or $27 if your over the age of 64.Camping is allowed all year around if your not afraid of the cold. There are two separate campsites at Crawford, Iron Creek and Clear Fork. Fees for Iron Creek are $18 a night plus the daily parks pass, for Clear Fork the fee is slightly less at $14 a night plus the daily parks pass.
Mesa Verde   If you live in or visit western Colorado you can not miss out on visiting Mesa Verde. If you take the more scenic route from Grand Junction which is through Montrose, Telluride and over Lizard Head Pass, it's a little over 3 hours or close to 200 miles to Cortez. Once you reach Cortez the Mesa Verde Park entrance is about 11 miles South East of the town. There are plenty of hotels to stay in if you don't want to camp.  There is a lot to see in Mesa Verde so to see most of it you should plan on reserving at least one full day to sight seeing. Mesa Verde has over 4,000  archiological sites and more then 600 cliff dwellings. One of the largest and most famous cliff dwellings is Cliff Palace. The park offers guided tours of the dwelling which allows you to take a short hike down to it and actually walk among the stuctures. If you plan on taking this tour you will need to stop in at the visitor center and purchase a ticket. If you want more information about the tours click here. While your in this area you need to take the time to visit the Four Corners as well. The Four Corners is the only place in the United States shared by four states, Colorado, Utah. New Mexico and Arizona. It's neat to be able to stand in one spot and be in four different states at the same time. The Four Corners in about 40 miles South West of Cortez and there is a small entrance fee to be able to view the monument |
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