Mesa Verde National Park is an American national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. The park protects some of the best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ancestral sites in the United States.
Established by Congress and President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, the park occupies 52,485 acres near the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. With more than 5,000 sites, including 600 cliff dwellings, it is the largest archaeological preserve in the United States. Mesa Verde is best known for structures such as Cliff Palace, one of the largest cliff dwellings in North America.
The park is always open, but the opening hours of the attractions vary from season to season. Check the official website to find out more.
Park entrance:
Jan 2 - May 26, Sep 6 - Dec 31:
$10 per vehicle
$5 per person
May 22 - Sep 7:
$15 per vehicle
$8 per person
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Verde_National_Park
Official Website http://www.nps.gov/meve/index.htm
Phone +1 970 529 4465
Address PO Box 8 Mesa Verde, CO 81330-0008, USA
Coordinates 37°14'54.124" N -108°27'3.065" E
