House of Many Windows Overlook

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House of Many Windows Overlook

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Dec. 20, 2022. It is reproduced in full below.

Quick Facts

Location:

Cliff Palace Loop Road

Amenities

4 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Pets Allowed, Scenic View/Photo Spot

House of Many Windows Overlook and Cliff Palace Loop Road are open 8 am to sunset from late spring to Dec. 1, or until the first significant snowfall.

House of Many Windows is a small cliff dwelling perched on a ten-foot-wide ledge in Cliff Canyon. Its many windows are actually doorways into rooms made of hand-shaped sandstone rock. House of Many Windows is comprised of 15 rooms, and there is evidence of a kiva. This cliff dwelling might have been home to an Ancestral Pueblo family in the 1200s.

For the keen observer, House of Many Windows Overlook also affords views of Site 634, Mummy House, Oak Tree House, and Sun Temple.

Mesa Verde National Park

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* mesa verde national park

* cliff dwellings

* ancestral pueblo people

* scenic overlook

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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