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Colorado
0.1 mi
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Cliff Palace View
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Cliff Palace is North America’s largest cliff dwelling, with 150 rooms and 21 kivas. Cliff Palace was an important community center. It may have been an administrative site, an important place of business and cultural exchange, or simply a large village. It stands now as a grand testament to Ancestral Puebloan achievements in engineering, architecture, and design. For 700 years, Ancestral Pueblo people thrived here on Mesa Verde. While building on the wisdom of the generations before them, they enhanced, adjusted, and refined their way of life. Today, their descendants speak of them with honor and reverence, recognizing that both tradition and innovation are essential components of Pueblo culture. “Our culture flourished here, and though the people left, the culture was not lost.” –TJ. Atsye, Laguna Pueblo
Sun Temple
~0 min drive
<p>Walk around the walls of this large structure and notice how it differs from others you have seen. Sun Temple was likely a communal building that played an important role in the Cliff Palace community. While this D-shaped structure resembles other Pueblo sites such as Puebl…
Cliff Canyon Overlook
~0 min drive
<em>Cliff Canyon Overlook and Cliff Palace Loop Road are open 8 am to sunset from late spring to December 1, or until the first significant snowfall.</em><br /> <br /> The Cliff Canyon Overlook opens up to a stunning view of Cliff Canyon. In the 1200s, Cliff Canyon was a thriv…
Millset (Snow)
~35 min drive
6.7 mi · Hard
Dolph Kuss
~35 min drive
3.1 mi · Moderate
Oak Tree House
~0 min drive
The families of Oak Tree House were part of a larger community, neighboring many other cliff dwellings in Fewkes and Cliff Canyons.While most cliff dwellings are small, with fewer than 10 rooms, this neighborhood includes many of Mesa Verde’s largest cliff villages.<br /> <br…
Far View Community Sites
~9 min drive
<p>The Far View area was once an extensive farming community and one of the most densely populated regions of the Mesa Verde. This mesa top community includes Far View House, Pipe Shrine House, Coyote Village, Far View Reservoir (currently dry), Megalithic House, and Far View…
Mcphee Overlook
~37 min drive
17 mi · Hard
Dolph Kuss Loop (Snow)
~36 min drive
3.1 mi · Moderate
Sun Point View
~0 min drive
The canyon junction before you was once a bustling community. Over 30 cliff dwellings occupy these canyon alcoves and ledges. How many can you spot?<br /> <br /> Look around you. Imagine living here 800 years ago, seeing your neighbors’ doors glowing with firelight and hearing…
Far View Lodge
~11 min drive
<em>Open May to late-September.</em> <br /> Far View Lodge, the only lodging within Mesa Verde National Park, sits on a high shoulder offering panoramic vistas and wildlife watching. The lodge was designed to reflect the true essence of Mesa Verde, with solitude all around you…
