5/5 - Excellent
Verified traveler
Mesa Verde National Park is the place to go to learn about the ancient Indian culture and to appreciate the beauty of nature.
Mesa Verde National Park, CO
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Reviews of Mesa Verde National Park
4.9
Top Destination
5/5 - Excellent
Verified traveler
The overall experience was wonderful. The quiet, hearing nothing but the wind in many parts of the park feels so refreshing.
4/5 - Good
Dreamer
Well managed park. Easy access on well maintained roads to vista points.
4/5 - Good
Verified traveler
Consider more sustainable methods for keeping visitor trash to a minimum. Example is the Far View Terrace Cafe; for every waffle made, one plastic cup is used for the batter then thrown away. All beverages were served in non-reusable cups.
5/5 - Excellent
Verified traveler
Get tickets as early as you can
5/5 - Excellent
Verified traveler
This is a wonderful park but you must stop at the visitor's center to get tickets to visit the cliff dwellings. Expect that you won't get your first choice of time and plan to be in the park longer than you originally planned.
- Cliff Palace
- Balcony House
- Knife Edge Trail
- Park Point
- Spruce Tree House
- Soda Canyon Overlook Trail
- Petroglyph Point Trail
- Wetherill Mesa
- Far View Sites
- Long House
- Point Lookout Trail
- Prater Ridge Trail
- Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum
- Step House Trail
- Cliff Canyon
- Chapin Mesa
- Chapin Mesa Museum
- Farming Terrace Trail
- Spruce Canyon Trail
- Mesa Verde National Park Entrance
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
- Ute Mountain Casino
- Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center
- Ute Mountain Tribal Park Visitor Center
- McPhee Lake
- Dolores River
- Yucca House National Monument
- Cortez Cultural Center
- Dolores River Brewery
- Colorado Welcome Center at Cortez
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad Museum
- Sutcliffe Vineyards