Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde, Colorado -- Look into the lives of Ancestral Pueblo and their 600 cliff dwellings.
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Climbing Cliff Dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park Colorado- RV Living
Today we step foot in one of our most anticipated National Parks while RV Living: Mesa Verde National Park. With an awesome combination of history and mystery, Mesa Verde is a must!
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The Mystery of the Ancient Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA | Ancient Architects
Not many people will have heard of this amazing site in Colorado USA, a site that is the largest cliff dwelling in North America and known as Cliff Palace.
Cliff Palace was built by a people known as the Ancestral Pueblans, also known as the Anasazi, which means the ancient ones. They were native to the Four Corners region of the United States, where the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona neatly intersect.
It is estimated that around 100 to 125 people lived here between 1200 and 1300 AD and they accessed the site with the aid of retractable wooden ladders. It has 150 rooms, constructed out of natural sandstone, with the addition of wooden beams and mortar.
Cliff Palace is a truly incredible site displaying unique architecture and murals from the Ancestral Puebloan culture and although we do know a great deal about the people that lived here, there is one mystery about the site: why was it abandoned around 1300 AD? Watch this video to learn more and please like and subscribe to the channel.
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Mesa Verde National Park ~ USA
Mesa Verde National Park is a National Park and World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. It protects some of the best preserved Ancestral Puebloan archeological sites in the United States.
Created by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, it occupies 52,485 acres (21,240 ha) near the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, and with more than 4,300 sites, including 600 cliff dwellings, it is the largest archeological preserve in the US. Mesa Verde (Spanish for green table) is best known for structures such as Cliff Palace, thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America.
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Mesa Verde Cliff Dwelling Tour
Take a guided tour through Mesa Verde National Park's cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo people who lived here from AD 600 to 1300.
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A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m. Some 4,400 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the Mesa top. There are also imposing cliff dwellings, built of stone and comprising more than 100 rooms.
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Mesa Verde National Park | Living on the edge in Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Puebloans, a group of people who lived in the Four Corners region for more than 700 years.
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ABOUT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK IN COLORADO
Mesa Verde National Park (Spanish for green tableland) was established to preserve archaeological sites built by the Ancestral Puebloans who inhabited Mesa Verde for more than 700 years (550 A.D. to 1300 A.D.). Currently Mesa Verde has over 4,700 archaeological sites including 600 cliff dwellings and the mesa top sites of pithouses, pueblos, masonry towers, and farming structure, with many more yet to be discovered. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved ruins in the United States. For the first six centuries, they primarily lived on the mesa tops. It was not until the final 75 to 100 years that they constructed and lived in the cliff dwellings for which Mesa Verde is best known.
Mesa Verde National Park offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Puebloans, a group of people living in the Four Corners region who chose Mesa Verde for their home. For more than 700 years they and their descendants lived and flourished in this region, eventually building elaborate stone communities in the sheltered alcoves of the canyon walls. Then, in the late A.D. 1200s, in the span of a generation or two, they left their homes and moved away.
Five of the most impressive cliff dwelling sites include:
• Balcony House – is reachable by climbing a 32-foot ladder and crawling through a short tunnel.
• Cliff Palace – has more than 150 rooms occupying a deep alcove beneath a canyon rim.
• Long House - was excavated between 1959 and 1961 as part of the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project.
• Spruce Tree House - is the best preserved cliff dwelling in all of Mesa Verde National Park.
• Step House - shows evidence of two occupations taking place in one location.
Cliff dwelling tours vary from independent self-guided tours to ranger-led walking tours. Comprehensive, interpretive, half-day guided bus tours feature a variety of sites, including Cliff Palace.
That’s just a small part of the adventure and beauty you’ll find here!
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Mesa Verde's Cliffside Dwellings Show a Glimpse of History | National Geographic
Perched on the cliffsides of the Mesa Verde Plateau, exists the remnants of prehistoric Pueblo settlements.
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Mesa Verde National Park - Four Corners Area - Desert South West, USA
Explore with us as we tour Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, Monument Valley, Arizona and Mexican Hat, Utah. Descend down into a Kiva, a ceremonial room located below the courtyard at the Spruce Tree House. See the Oak Tree House and Cliff Palace from a distance. This sequence was shot in 1999 and 2001.
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park
Ranger Paul talked about the Anasazi people and the cliff dwellings. This video was taken at Cliff Palace. This video would be great for homeschooling.
Ep. 68: Mesa Verde National Park | Colorado RV travel camping
Travel with us to view the largest cliff dwelling in North America at Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado, once the residence of ancient Puebloan people dating back to 1190 AD. We camp for free, boondocking on U.S. Forest Service land a mere 15 minutes away, and also visit the charming four-season resort town of Durango.
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The Mesa Verde mystery
Seven centuries ago, an entire society performed one of the greatest vanishing acts in human history when they fled their homes in the American Southwest. Archaeologists are trying to work out why they left.
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Mesa Verde National Park Cliff Dwellings: The Beauty, The History, The Significance
- Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. It is best known for several spectacular cliff dwellings including Cliff Palace, which is thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America, as well as many others such as Balcony House, the Spruce Tree House, Long House and more.
More than 4000 pre-Columbian archaeological sites, exist within the border of Mesa Verde National Park. But don't let the multitude of possibilities overwhelm you. With proper planing and a little foreknowledge, your visit to Mesa Verde can be a relaxing and highly entertaining experience. NationalParkReservations.com can provide you with all the assistance and education that you need, in order to plan the perfect Mesa Verde vacation. Learn more by visiting
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▶︎ Comfort, Quiet, and Quick Access to Mesa Verde Trails & Landmarks
Mesa Verde National Park was our second stop on our year-long trip to visit all 59 national parks. We were pleasantly surprised with the comfort, quiet and access to great hiking trails that Morefield Campground provided. According to the NPS website, the campground rarely fills, and when we visited in August 2015, it was nearly empty. We chose a site in the tents-only loop to ensure a quiet environment. The sites are scenic and spread out, so we had no trouble with solitude. From the campground, it is easy to access some of the best hikes in the park: we loved 7.8-mile Prater Ridge Trail and 2-mile Point Lookout Trail, both accessed from the Morefield trailhead. Yes, you should definitely spend time visiting the cliff dwellings (we liked the Long House hike & bike tour on less-frequented Wetherill Mesa and the Balcony House tour on Chapin Mesa in particular!) but hiking is an underrated way to experience this park. The views at Morefield itself are not necessarily jaw-dropping, and it certainly doesn’t feel too rustic (free showers, coin laundry, and a general store) but it is a comfortable, convenient, and quiet campground that serves as a perfect launching-off point for exploring beautiful and historic Mesa Verde.
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Mesa Verde National Park - Cortez, CO
Less than 2 hours from Telluride, CO is one of the Bucket List items you must check out in your life - Mesa Verde National Park.
Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. Today, the park protects over 4,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
Easy day trip from Telluride and a spectacular sight!
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First day out in Mesa Verde Colorado. Really enjoying the good views and awesome ruins.
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Colorful Colorado 4k (Ouray, Silverton, Mesa Verde)
Decided to take the Jeep to the famous Jeep towns of Ouray and Silverton Colorado along the famous 550 Hwy a.k.a. The Million Dollar Highway. Also stopped by the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado.
As Vegas residence this was a great trip to beat the summer desert heat. A sweater is recommended even in the summer out in the rockies.
Awesome places for wheeling, hiking, hunting, and achieving a Rocky Mountain High.
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Mesa Verde & The Orion Temple
The Ancestral Puebloans/ Anasazi built an amazing city about 1,000 years ago. Just as the Mound Builders, Orion seems to have played a key role in their astronomy. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
In 1906 Mesa Verde National Park became the first park set aside(by Teddy Roosevelt) for the preservation of the sites and the other works and relics of prehistoric man. Today its importance as a focal point of research on Anasazi culture and land use cannot be overestimated. In 1978 it was designated a World Heritage Cultural Site by UNESCO.
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
We visited beautiful Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado!
Ancient Pueblan (Anasazi) ruins on Weatherill Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado Fall 2009
A visit to Ancient Pueblan (Anasazi) ruins on Weatherill Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, as we walked on top of the mesa with friends from the Boulder County Volunteer Naturalists in the fall of 2009. Additional photos and videos of trips and hikes can be viewed at NaturesPix.com and Olfarts.org