Chimney Rock - Ancestral Temple of the Sky
Chimney Rock National Monument is an undiscovered gem located at the southern edge of the San Juan Mountains. At more than 7,000 feet above sea level, the ancient Chimney Rock settlement was the sacred center of astrological and calendrical knowledge for Ancestral Puebloans of the Chaco Canyon.
This undiscovered gem is an intimate, off-the-beaten-path archaeological site located at the southern edge of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado. You’ll walk in the footsteps of the fascinating and enigmatic Ancestral Puebloans of the Chaco Canyon, following primitive pathways that haven’t changed for 1,000 years. Archaeological structures and artifacts, abundant wildlife, and its setting in the breathtaking San Juan National Forest make Chimney Rock a must-see.
Chimney Rock covers seven square miles and preserves 200 ancient homes and ceremonial buildings, some of which have been excavated for viewing and exploration: a Great Kiva, a Pit House, a Multi-Family Dwelling, and a Chacoan-style Great House Pueblo. Chimney Rock is the highest in elevation of all the Chacoan sites, at about 7,000 feet above sea level. From the base, the hike to the top is just a half-mile and it’s rewarded with dramatic 360-degree views of Colorado and New Mexico.
Chimney Rock National Monument is a protected archaeological site with limited access through tours only from May 15 through September 30. There is no entry fee at the Monument; tour fees covering these “expanded amenities” are the only fees. All tours begin at the visitor cabin where fees are collected. Guests then drive in their own vehicles to the high mesa. Only people on tours may drive to the mesa top. The drive is 2 1/2 miles up a steep, winding gravel road to the upper parking lot (7,400 feet elevation), where both Guided Tours and Audio-Guided Tours begin. The ancient structures are not visible from the mesa top. Tours do not climb Chimney Rock nor Companion Rock. All tours are first-come-first-serve and have a 25 person maximum. No reservations required.
Director - Preston Benson
Executive Producer - Matt Crossett & Laurie Sigillito
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I lived in the SLV as a young man and worked with my father delivering the Denver post from Center to Durango so I saw chimney rock twice a day for years with the moon looming large in the background on the way to Durango and again on the way home at sun up. I never had an inkling that it was a dweling or place of religious significance. I'm not trying to sound hokey or anything but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't feel the power radiating from this site. I was floored when I found out 3 years ago what was up there and at once I felt vindicated about the feeling I got every time I looked up out of the valley at chimney rock.
Great video. Its a shame and a blessing that at this moment so few people know about this cultural and astronomical treasure.
What a beautiful and informative video. Thank you.
What an amazing video!
An excellent presentation.
Amazing! Why do you think that the stones were "carried" up hill, rather than cut from existing rock (now depleted) at and above the elevation where the structures were built? Couldn't the spires be evidence of this? While clearly eroded from weathering, the spires show a reference of the original bedrock depth. Perhaps the spires were a well planned out, non-removal of bedrock- maybe the most important celestial /solar marker, ever discovered? If dating is not possible due to constant erosion of the spires, if there is no tooling evidence on the spires, could it be, like many settlements, it was built over an even earlier site who excavated the spires and left rubble that was convenient for the next to shape and stack? Have any remains been found?
Very informative ! Thanks! Hopefully can see some of these ancient structures in few days
@matdolor2564
Жыл бұрын
Did you see it? It's an amazing site in person.
Good stuff! 🌌
Well done!
The erosion that created Chimney Rock was NOT "several million years ago". Geologists' favorite phrase is their shorthand for "We don't have a clue", because, given Earth's reducing atmosphere, almost nothing of 1 million years ago would look ANYTHING like it had, then! These rock formations, like the other similar examples scattered across the West, are the products of erosion. A LOT of water passed through that area, and some sat, for more than 1,000 years, until the waters ate through the volcanic plug at the western end of the Grand Canyon, allowing the water backed up on the Four Corners area, from the Uintahs in the north, to the Mogollons in the south, the San Francisco peaks on the west and the Sierra Nacimientos, on the east. Also, the people who BUILT the structures at the TOP of the hills between the formations did NOT "hoist water up from the San Juan (more than a thousand feet below). They stepped out to the shore of the bay, or cove, they'd built on the banks of, and dipped their "buckets" in the water. When the water receded too far for that simple process, the inhabitants moved down the cliff faces. When the waters fell to the valley floors, they moved out onto the plains, on the hilltops above arroyos, before moving down to "streams", like the one that obviously coursed past Chaco for some 200 or more years. When the water began disappearing completely, the Anasazi moved away, some south, some east, some north. The "old days, with old ways" was over.
Excellent video! I work as a guide at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles; we have major & minor lunar standstill markings on our sunset terrace there.
I would like to talk about my experience coal mining there
@literacytoliberty
2 жыл бұрын
I would love to discuss with you!
@PastInNumbers
Жыл бұрын
...well by all means. I want to hear
Literally omw watching from pagosa
Only the president(s) know's these structures where figure cravings of animals/people/thing's which our ancestors live in and they were all carved out of stone ,.. the new growth (pine tree's) hiding the stones that are the same size in relativity , indicating dyinomite was used to destroy to ruins , found them everywhere , nice video
What “climate change” happened in 1100? Did the classify it as that or “global warming”? Thank you for this great video.
these are ruins
@lembas.
3 жыл бұрын
History is a lie. Humans were much more advanced than we are led to believe. The people who destroyed these ancient civilizations rule the world today, making it seem like people of the past were crude. They destroyed these buildings and now call them mesas and rocks.
Out of date interpretation and cultural terminology in a few different spots.