Mesa Verde National Park · Colorado

Soda Canyon Overlook Trail

0.7 mi of trail, end to end · about 30 ft of climbing · 60 ft of descent · 6,787 ft–6,851 ft · soil surface · hiking

Views

6,851 ft 6,837 ft · 0.4 mi high 6,851 ft

Along the way Balcony House Overlook Soda Canyon Overook

Trailhead Soda Canyon Overlook Trailhead 6,852 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.