Another interesting site not far from Blanding, Utah, is a group of pueblo ruins called the Cave Tower Ruins. At this location there are the ruins of seven stone towers built on the mesa top along the edge of Mule Canyon. In alcoves in the canyon walls below, the ruins of pueblos can be seen.
Upper Butler Wash and the Abajo Mountains in the distance viewed from Highway 95
Some plants to avoid stumbling into
Trail markings on the slickrock
The most complete of the tower ruins
Mule Canyon
There appears to be a spring at the head of the canyon.
Pueblo ruins along the canyon walls
After visiting the Cave Tower Ruins, we drove further west to visit Natural Bridges National Monument.
The bridges are formed by the streams eroding through the walls in bends of the canyon.
Stating the obvious
Sipapu Bridge
Kachina Bridge
Owachomo Bridge
The "trail" to the Horse Collar Ruin Overlook
Horse Collar Ruin
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