At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried dwellings fill the cliff-rock alcoves that rise 2,000 feet above Montezuma Valley. Remarkably preserved, the cliff dwellings cluster in ...

There are places that you visit where you can feel the presence of those who have come before and the history that is held within. When I stepped onto the trail at Bandelier National Monument, I ...

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Here’s the secret of Navajo National Monument. If the hike to the Betatakin cliff dwellings ended at a big blank wall, it would still be worth going. The canyon is beautiful and peaceful with ...

I’ve taken off to find Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, nestled within the 558,014-acre Gila Wilderness. In 1924, Leopold was instrumental in protecting the Gila as the nation’s first ...

While there are thousands of archaeological sites at Mesa Verde National Park, just three cliff dwellings are regularly open for ranger-led tours for 2024: Cliff Palace, Balcony House, and Square ...

Further exploration led to the discovery of the largest concentration of cliff dwellings ever found, built by the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians nearly 1,000 years earlier. At first it seemed ...

Colorado is home to some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the United States, and its national parks are a perfect ...

As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings. Hooked onto a rope slung around a tree, National Park Service ...