Hovenweep is open year-round. The visitor center is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. April through September, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the rest of the year. The visitor center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
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Did You Know?
Most of the structures at Hovenweep were built from A.D. 1230 to 1275, about the same time as the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park. Growth rings on a wooden beam in Hovenweep Castle show the log was cut in A.D. 1277, one of the latest dates in the region.