Mesa Verde National Park
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Welcome to Mesa Verde National Park
The insider's travel guide to Mesa Verde National ParkThe reason to visit Mesa Verde National Park is to see one of its ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings.
Ranger-guided tours of the unique structures including Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in North America, are offered in the park. The park also has hiking trails including the 7.8-mile round-trip (12.5km) Prater Ridge Trail and the 2.4-mile round-trip (3.8km) Petroglyph Point Trail that goes to a petroglyph (rock carving) panel.