Wear sturdy shoes and be prepared for some strenuous climbing if you plan to visit the cliff dwellings. Binoculars are useful for enhancing views across the canyon. Mesa Verde National Park is ...

Go back in time at Mesa Verde National Park. The park protects nearly ... The Pueblo settled in the region about 1,400 years ago and built cliff dwellings using sandstone and wooden beams.

Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado preserves the remarkable legacy of the Ancestral Pueblo people who thrived here for ...

As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings. Hooked onto a rope slung around a tree, National Park Service ...

Colorado is home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the United States, and its national parks are a perfect ...

Further exploration led to the discovery of the largest concentration of cliff dwellings ever ... they asked the government to make Mesa Verde a national park. Their request was denied.

Mesa Verde National Park’s history begins long before its official creation in 1906, or even the erection of its most famous cliff dwellings. This national park boasts thousands of years of ...

Some of the most well-known and well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in existence are protected within Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. The park contains over 5,000 ...