Mesa Verde National Park · Colorado

Rock Canyon Tower View Trail

0.1 mi of trail, end to end · 20 ft of descent · 7,558 ft–7,576 ft · gravel surface · hiking · seasonal: No Winter Use on Trail

Views

7,576 ft 7,558 ft · 0.1 mi high 7,576 ft

Along the way Tower Overlook

Trailhead Rock Canyon Tower View Trailhead 7,580 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.