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Mesa Verde National Park
Cortez, Colorado
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings tucked into canyon walls, many reached by ladders and tunnels.
- Price
- Park entry about US$30 per vehicle plus tour fees
- Booking
- Book ahead
- Time to allow
- 5 hours
Cliff Palace, Balcony House and Long House were built into canyon alcoves 800 years ago. Ranger-led tours are the only way into several of the major ones, so book ahead. Even the overlooks from Chapin Mesa are worth the winding drive.
Good to know
- Book ranger tours on recreation.gov
- Balcony House needs ladders and a tunnel crawl
- Allow most of a day
- Open
- Most sites May to October
- Getting there
- Paved but long and winding road
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
- Drinking water
Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.
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