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AMesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park
  • Mesa Verde National Park
    CO 81330
  • +1 970 529 4465 (Visitor Informa
  • Highlights: visitor center, guided tours, restroo… more
  • Overview Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. Today, the park protects over 4,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. ... more on Nps.gov
  • Overview The stunning landscape of Southwest Colorado, near Four Corners, is the backdrop as you explore Mesa Verde National Park. Here in the nation's richest archeological preserve, amazing cliff dwellings and more than 4,000 ancient ... more on Visitmesaverde.com

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Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
CO 81330

BMesa Verde National Park

  • 808 Highway 160
    Cortez, CO 81330
  • +1 970 529 4465
5.0
4+ reviews, 1 sources
  • Overview This park contains the world's largest collection of Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and surface sites. This was the first National Park that was ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Overview The most dramatic introduction to the ancient Anasazi culture imaginable can be found at this park. With its twisting canyons, panoramic views and outstanding archaeological remains, Mesa Verde continues to fascinate visitors from the United States and abroad. The highly popular Cliff Palace, as... more on manual_books

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Mesa Verde National Park
808 Highway 160
Cortez, CO 81330

CMesa Verde Museum Association Inc

  • PO Box 38
    Mesa Verde National Park, CO, USA

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Mesa Verde Museum Association Inc
PO Box 38
Mesa Verde National Park, CO, USA

DCliff Palace

  • Mesa Verde
    CO 81330
  • +1 202 962 1234
  • Highlights: wheelchair accessible more
  • Overview Cliff Palace is a large, impressive ruin built into an alcove in a sandstone cliff. The alcove is 89 feet deep and 59 feet high (27 m x 18 m). The structure is 288 feet (88 m) long. There are about 150 rooms in the structure, although only 25 to 30 of those rooms had hearths, which would indicate... more on En.wikipedia.org
  • Overview This was the first major Mesa Verde dwelling seen by cowboys Charlie Mason and Richard Wetherill in 1888. It is also the largest, containing about 150 rooms and 23 kivas on three levels. The tour involves a steep downhill hike and four ladders. Purchase tickets ... more on Fodor's

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Cliff Palace
Mesa Verde
CO 81330

EChapin Mesa Archeological Museum


  • Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA
  • +1 970 529 4465
  • Overview The museum tells the entire story of the cliff-dwelling people and gives as complete an understanding as possible of the Basket Maker and Ancestral Puebloan cultures through detailed dioramas and ... more on Fodor's

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Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum

Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA

FMesa Verde National Park

  • P.O. Box 8
    Mesa Verde,CO,81330
  • 9706294465
4.5
9+ reviews, 1 sources
  • I visited Mesa Verde with my family as a child - I was 7 and it took me 30 years to get back, but it was worth the wait! I took my own children this ... more on Yelp
  • Well, this is the Disneyland of all the cliff dwelling sites in the United States. If you're going to see this for the first time -- and you haven't ... more on Yelp

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Mesa Verde National Park
P.O. Box 8
Mesa Verde,CO,81330

GMese Verde National Park

  • PO Box 8
    Cortez, CO 81330
  • +1 970 529 4465
  • Wife and I stop here on our travels through the southwest. The ride up to the park was enjoyable one in itself, lots of cliffs above and below the road we were travelilng on. It was no problem at all getting a group tour from one of the park rangers during a busy mid summer day. The park ranger w... more on TripAdvisor
  • Overview Known for its ruins, Mesa Verde also has a spectacular petroglyph that is reachable by way of a hike. more on TripAdvisor

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Mese Verde National Park
PO Box 8
Cortez, CO 81330

HFar View Terrace Store


  • Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA
  • +1 970 529 4421
  • Overview This is the largest gift shop in the park and has a wide selection of gifts and toys for children, Native American art, a ... more on Fodor's

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Far View Terrace Store

Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA

IBalcony House


  • Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA
  • Overview The stonework of this 40-room cliff dwelling, which once housed about 40 or 50 people, is impressive, but you're likely to be even more awed by the skill it took to reach this place. Perched in a sandstone alcove 600 feet above the floor of Soda Canyon, Balcony House seems almost suspended in spa... more on Fodor's

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Balcony House

Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA

JJunior Ranger Program


  • Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA
  • +1 970 529 4465
  • Overview Children ages 4-12 can earn a certificate and badge for successfully completing a two-page questionnaire about the park. more on Fodor's

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Junior Ranger Program

Mesa Verde National Park, CO , USA

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