Mesa Verde National Park is located in Montezuma County, Colorado. The park occupies 81.4 square miles near the Four Corners and features numerous ruins of homes and villages built by the ancient Pueblo people known as the Anasazi. The Anasazi made these stone villages their home in the 1200s AD. It is best known for several spectacular cliff dwellings — structures built within caves and under outcroppings in cliffs — including Cliff Palace, which is thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America.
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Directions: From I-25, take exit 50 and go west for 248.1 miles into the town of Mancos. Continue past the town of Mancos for 6 miles and the entrance for Mesa Verde National Park will be on your left. From the 191 in Monticello, Utah, go east on Utah's 491 for 61 miles to the town of Cortez, Colorado. Take highway 160 for approximately 10 miles and the entrance for the park will be on your right. From I-40 in Gallup, Nm; take the exit for Nm. 491 and go north for 135.1 miles to the town of Cortez, Co. Go east on highway 160 for approximately 10 miles and the entrance to the park will be on your right.
