It passes by some of the southwest’s most protected places.

Like the people the trail memorializes, the route knows no borders.

It circumnavigates theFour Corners regionand passes through four states: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.

SUV driving through the Valley of the Gods, Utah

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And your start and end point will depend on where youre coming from.

Before Blanding, take a left on Route 95, where youll pass a handful of archaeological sites.

Petroglyphs at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, America, USA

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Cliff Palace is a structure made from sandstone,mortar and wooded beams by the ancestral Puebloans at Mesa Verde in Colorado

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Hovenweep Pueblo Ruins at Sunset - Scenic landscape with ancient pueblo peoples ruins

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Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah

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