At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried dwellings fill the cliff-rock alcoves that rise ... open mid-April to mid-October, to purchase tour tickets. Then go to the Chapin Mesa ...

Mesa Verde is home to the Cliff Palace. It’s the largest such ... Today, visitors can join a park ranger for a guided tour of the structure. —Rebecca Mordechai ...

Read our guide on cliff-dwelling tours for more information. The Mesa Top Ruin Loop houses some of the most significant sites in Mesa Verde. Here, you’ll see two of the best examples of cliff ...

In Mesa Verde, the first national park established to protect ... Rangers also often incorporate the topic into their tours of the cliff dwellings: Drought caused by climate change, archaeologists ...

The Ute Mountain Ute tribe is receiving funding to renovate one of its sacred trails in southwest Colorado. The Pool Canyon ...

Virginia McClurg, a well-known writer, poet, and lecturer, took up the cause of protecting Mesa Verde's treasures. She formed the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association, whose members were all women ...

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 ...