Mesa Verde National Park
- Address: US 160
- Vicinity: 10 mi E of Cortez
- US County of Montezuma County in Colorado
Preserving the Works of Man
Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from AD 600 to 1300. Today the park protects nearly 5000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States. - NPS