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4runnerguy
Aug 04, 2015Explorer
County Road 10 from Pleasant View to the UT boarder where it becomes Hovenweep Road/CR 212 is paved. It's been some years since it's been paved, but it's NOT a dirt road. It isn't particularly wide, but you won't meet much traffic either. There are several outliers (Hackberry, Horseshoe, Holly, etc.) from the main Hovenweep site in UT along CR 10. These are along dirt roads that, while easily accessible in a high clearance vehicle, I wouldn't recommend for your RV.
Another route to get there is to go from Cortez at the junction of US 481 and US 160:
Head south on US 160 to CR G about 2.5 miles south. Head west on CR G. This is a pleasant little paved road up McElmo Canyon through ranch land. There's an interesting little hike about 15 miles from the intersection up Sand Canyon. Lots of ruins along the trail Sand Canyon info. This trail is also open to mountain bikes if you're into that sort of thing. Continuing on toward Hovenweep: at the border, it becomes CR 402. Turn right about 3.5 miles past the border onto CR 401, then another right turn onto CR 413 in another 4.5 miles. This will take you to Hovenweep. All of these roads are paved. There are signs for Hovenweep at all of this junctures.
BTW, taking CR 10 to CR 212 to Hovenweep and then continuing to Aneth on CR 413 to 401 to 402 is also paved the whole way.
As for the CG, no electricity. Smaller sites, but with the short size of your rig, you should fit. Will be pretty warm in the day time, but as you know, the desert cools off nicely at night. Not many camping options in the general area anyway. We day trip from the Cortez area when we go.
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Another route to get there is to go from Cortez at the junction of US 481 and US 160:
Head south on US 160 to CR G about 2.5 miles south. Head west on CR G. This is a pleasant little paved road up McElmo Canyon through ranch land. There's an interesting little hike about 15 miles from the intersection up Sand Canyon. Lots of ruins along the trail Sand Canyon info. This trail is also open to mountain bikes if you're into that sort of thing. Continuing on toward Hovenweep: at the border, it becomes CR 402. Turn right about 3.5 miles past the border onto CR 401, then another right turn onto CR 413 in another 4.5 miles. This will take you to Hovenweep. All of these roads are paved. There are signs for Hovenweep at all of this junctures.
BTW, taking CR 10 to CR 212 to Hovenweep and then continuing to Aneth on CR 413 to 401 to 402 is also paved the whole way.
As for the CG, no electricity. Smaller sites, but with the short size of your rig, you should fit. Will be pretty warm in the day time, but as you know, the desert cools off nicely at night. Not many camping options in the general area anyway. We day trip from the Cortez area when we go.
For further info, check out:
brochure
road descriptions
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