A visit to Mesa Verde National Park can be a worthy early season activity. At this amazing historic site, visitors can enjoy the indoor museum and tour ruins of dwellings constructed by Ancestrial Puebloans centuries ago. This UNESCO™ World Heritage site is only about 45 minutes from downtown Durango.
What's Open
- Visitor & Research Center and bookstore (open daily 8:30 am-4 pm)
- Main Park Road
- Spruce Tree House Overlook
- Mesa Top Loop Road (open daily 8 am-sunset): will close on April 10 for construction finishing work for approximately 1 month.
- Cliff Palace Loop Road (open daily 8 am-sunset, weather dependent)
- Petroglyph Point Trail
- Morefield Campground Trails (Point Lookout, Knife Edge, and Prater Ridge)
- Mesa Verde Historic Administrative District
- Far View Sites (open daily 8 am-sunset; please see info on gate below)
- Park Point (open daily 8 am-sunset; please see info on gate below)
- Morefield Camgpround (primitive camping; full services open April 28)
- Far View Terrace
- Far View Lodge
- Spruce Tree Terrace
https://www.nps.gov/meve/index.htm
