Park: Mesa Verde National Park
Location - Colorado
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Notable Sites
Mesa Verde is best known for a large number of well preserved cliff dwellings, houses built in shallow caves along the canyon walls. For most of the 12th and 13th centuries, the Classic Period, the Ancient Puebloan Indians lived in these dwellings. The reason for their sudden departure about 1275 remains unexplained; theories range from crop failures due to droughts to an intrusion of foreign tribes from the North. More Info...
Mesa Verde is best known for a large number of well preserved cliff dwellings, houses built in shallow caves along the canyon walls. For most of the 12th and 13th centuries, the Classic Period, the Ancient Puebloan Indians lived in these dwellings. The reason for their sudden departure about 1275 remains unexplained; theories range from crop failures due to droughts to an intrusion of foreign tribes from the North. More Info...
Mesa Verde Country Indian Arts and Culture Festival
Celebrate the rich cultural heritage we share with the Ancestral Pueblo people, miners, explorers, outlaws and railroad men of the past and the ranchers, farmers, cowboys, artists and Native Americans living here today.
Celebrate the rich cultural heritage we share with the Ancestral Pueblo people, miners, explorers, outlaws and railroad men of the past and the ranchers, farmers, cowboys, artists and Native Americans living here today.
Bicycling
From paved roadways to numerous canyon and mountain trails, you will cycle among Ancestral Puebloan sites or climb the challenging high country of the San Juan Mountains biking through Mesa Verde is great way to experience the park.
From paved roadways to numerous canyon and mountain trails, you will cycle among Ancestral Puebloan sites or climb the challenging high country of the San Juan Mountains biking through Mesa Verde is great way to experience the park.
Fishing
Mountain streams, small area lakes, and McPhee Lake, the second largest in Colorado, make Mesa Verde one of the premiere fishing areas in Colorado. The Colorado Division of Wildlife has called McPhee Lake "the best fishing spot in the San Juan Basin." No matter where you decide to drop a line, the one thing you won't find in Mesa Verde is crowds--so relax, enjoy, and maybe you'll catch that big one!
Mountain streams, small area lakes, and McPhee Lake, the second largest in Colorado, make Mesa Verde one of the premiere fishing areas in Colorado. The Colorado Division of Wildlife has called McPhee Lake "the best fishing spot in the San Juan Basin." No matter where you decide to drop a line, the one thing you won't find in Mesa Verde is crowds--so relax, enjoy, and maybe you'll catch that big one!
Golfing
Cortez is home to the Conquistador Golf Course, a professional quality, par 72, 18 hole, 6,852 yard public course. The course sits at 6,200 feet, with spectacular views of Mesa Verde, the La Plata Mountains, and the Sleeping Ute Mountain. A full service pro shop, driving range, putting green and golf cart rentals are available.
Cortez is home to the Conquistador Golf Course, a professional quality, par 72, 18 hole, 6,852 yard public course. The course sits at 6,200 feet, with spectacular views of Mesa Verde, the La Plata Mountains, and the Sleeping Ute Mountain. A full service pro shop, driving range, putting green and golf cart rentals are available.
Skiing
Cross-country or downhill, some of the best skiing in Colorado is found in Mesa Verde. A cross-country skier’s paradise, Mesa Verde offers some of the best and most unusual cross-county skiing available.
Cross-country or downhill, some of the best skiing in Colorado is found in Mesa Verde. A cross-country skier’s paradise, Mesa Verde offers some of the best and most unusual cross-county skiing available.