Cliff Dwellings - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park …
Apr 21, 2025 · Use the links below to learn more about some of the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park. For site locations, go to park maps, or click on the specific map located on each …
Cliff Dwelling Tours - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park ...
Sep 24, 2025 · On these special tours, rangers guide groups into Mesa Verde's backcountry to visit the park's lesser-seen cliff dwellings. Backcountry tours are held once daily starting May …
Cliff Palace - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Apr 21, 2025 · NPS.gov Park Home Learn About the Park History & Culture Places Cliff Dwellings Cliff Palace
Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Sep 29, 2025 · For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 27 …
Mesa Verde National Park Photo Gallery
Apr 21, 2011 · Mesa Verde National Park Photo Gallery Photo Albums Cliff Dwellings Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde National Park
Spruce Tree House - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park …
Apr 21, 2025 · The cliff dwelling was first discovered in 1888, when two local ranchers chanced upon it while searching for stray cattle. A large tree, which they identified as a Douglas Spruce …
Directions & Transportation - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S.
Apr 21, 2025 · The Mesa Verde Headquarters and Chapin Mesa area (which includes the cliff dwellings and the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum) is a one-hour drive from Cortez, …
Frequently Asked Questions - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S.
Apr 21, 2025 · Once you enter the park, your first view of a cliff dwelling is 21 miles (34 km) or approximately 45 minutes, along a steep, narrow, winding mountain road. Depending on …
Wetherill Mesa - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park …
The following are not currently open or accessible at this time: cultural sites (including cliff dwellings),the Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center, Mesa Verde Museum, Mesa Top …
Photo Gallery, Then & Now - Mesa Verde National Park (U.S.
Over the course of six centuries, Cliff Palace was visually transformed from an imposing assemblage of buildings,courtyards, and subterranean kivas to an array of stone structures …