Mesa Verde National Park

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 26 Pueblos and Tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past. This World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park is home to over a thousand species, including several that live nowhere else on earth.

Cliff Palace

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde's Largest Cliff Dwelling

Large cliff dwelling in cliff alcove

Step House

Visitors enjoying Step House, on Wetherill Mesa

Park visitors visiting a cliff dwelling

Balcony House

View of Balcony House from the Soda Canyon Overlook

A cliff dwelling within a cliff alcove seen from across a canyon

Square Tower House

Square Tower House from overlook along the Mesa Top Loop

View of cliff dwelling from above a canyon

View of Spruce Tree House

Spruce Tree House

View of cliff dwelling from across canyon

Spruce Tree House

Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde's third largest and best preserved cliff dwelling

Within a cliff dwelling

Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center

Stop by the Mesa Verde Visitor & Research Center at the park entrance where park staff will help you plan your visit.

Visitor center entrance with sculpture of Ancestral Pueblo climber in front plaza.