On the afternoon of Dec. 12, a red-tailed hawk was released in Mesa Verde National Park, about a month after it was injured ...

Some parks draw visitors because of their exquisite natural beauty. Mesa Verde National Park’s draws aren’t towering ...

Some of the most well-known and well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in existence are protected within Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. The park contains over 5,000 ...

Things to Do in Mesa Verde National Park If you want to stay active during your trip to Mesa Verde, sign up for a ranger-led ...

Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the Anasazi people and the third largest cliff dwelling in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. From Cortez, take US 160 east for eight ...

This summer, through a collaboration between the CU Museum of Natural History and Mesa Verde National Park, visitors to the park can engage with hands-on education activities that will highlight the ...

Seeking greater protection of the ruins, they asked the government to make Mesa Verde a national park. Their request was denied. News of the Wetherills' discoveries at Mesa Verde attracted an ...

At Mesa Verde, they also had two wonderful ... The allure of this park is not only the remarkable ruins, but also the mystery of the people who inhabited them. “As mentioned above, the National Parks ...

Go back in time at Mesa Verde National Park. The park protects nearly 5,000 archaeological sites, preserving the heritage of the ancestral Pueblo people. The Pueblo settled in the region about ...

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.