Mesa Verde National Park World Heritage Site

Official name

Mesa Verde National Park | UNESCO

Country

United States | Map

Continent

North America

Location

Colorado
37.2616° Lat, -108.4855° Lon | Map

Code

27

Time Zone

America/New_York (EST, -0500)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1978. A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m. Some 4,400 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the Mesa top. There are also imposing cliff dwellings, built of stone and comprising more than 100 rooms.