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Apr 22, 2024 · Explore the ancient dwellings and culture of the Ancestral Pueblo people at this World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park. Find out how to plan your visit, fees, accessibility, and more.
- Plan Your Visit
Basic Information Find links to basic information for...
- Fees
Once purchased, passes for Mesa Verde National Park must be...
- Maps
Mesa Verde National Park Map On this page, you can find...
- Eating & Sleeping
Camping. The Morefield Campground is located four miles from...
- Things to Do
Things To Do. Take a Hike: Hike the canyons, ridges, and...
- Calendar
For information on ranger-guided tours, please check this...
- Where To Eat
Convenient cafeteria service near Mesa Verde park...
- Cultural Dances and Demonstrations
Mesa Verde National Park is privileged to host cultural...
- Plan Your Visit
Mesa Verde National Park is an American national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. The park protects some of the best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ancestral sites in the United States.
- 52,485 acres (212.40 km²)
- Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America
- June 29, 1906
- Cortez, Colorado
- Tour a Cliff Dwelling. Balcony House, Cliff Palace, and Long House cliff dwellings can only be visited on a ranger-guided tour. Note: For full details on the tours being offered, visit the National Park Service website.
- Take a Self-Guided Tour of Step House. If you want to visit a cliff dwelling and prefer to take a self-guided tour, put Step House on your list. On this tour, you will walk through the cliff dwelling, see the pithouse, and even see a few petroglyphs.
- Spruce Tree House. Spruce Tree House is the best-preserved cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde. Currently, tours are not being offered of this cliff dwelling, but you can get a great view of it from the Spruce Tree Overlook, near the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum.
- Hike Petroglyph Point Trail. This 2.4-mile round-trip hike starts at the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum. It passes the viewpoint for Spruce Tree House before continuing along the top of the mesa.
Explore the ancient Pueblo Indian dwellings and sites on the Mesa Verde plateau in Colorado, a well-preserved prehistoric settlement landscape. Learn about the cultural traditions, engineering skills, and lifestyles of the Ancestral Puebloan people through research, preservation, and interpretation.
Explore the remarkable preserved cliff dwellings of the ancestral Puebloans, who lived in the Colorado mesa from A.D. 550 to 1300. Learn about their culture, history, and why they left their homes in this guide by National Geographic.