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Far View Sites Complex route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Mesa Verde National Park/Colorado

Far View Sites Complex

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

0.8 mi

Distance

82 ft

Elev. Gain

18m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Far View Sites Complex unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

National Park Service manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:2,340 ft
Max:2,362 ft
Gain:25 ft
Loss:25 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,340 ft and 2,362 ft across 0.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,340 ft2,347 ft2,355 ft2,362 ft0.0 mi0.2 mi0.4 mi0.6 mi0.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,346 ft
High point0.5 mi2,362 ft
End0.8 mi2,346 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by National Park Service

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Cortez, CO · about 7 mi away
County:
Montezuma County, CO
Jurisdiction:
Mesa Verde National Park · National Park Service

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

  • Operator:970-529-4465
  • Address:Mile .7 Headquarters Loop Road · Mesa Verde National Park, CO · 81330
We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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