Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

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  • 15 Underrated UNESCO World Heritage Sites (The Discoverer)
  • The 24 American UNESCO World Heritage Sites Ranked (#11) (The Discoverer)

Established: June 29th, 1906

Area: 52,485.17 acres

Visitors (2017): 613,788

Mesa Verde National Park constitutes over 4,000 archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan people, who lived here and elsewhere in the Four Corners region for at least 700 years. Cliff dwellings built in the 12th and 13th centuries include Cliff Palace, which has 150 rooms and 23 kivas, and the Balcony House, with its many passages and tunnels.

CLIFF PALACE