A holiday snowstorm closed Mesa Verde National Park Monday and Tuesday, caused power outages in Montezuma County, and led to slide-offs on roadways. “Mesa Verde will remain closed today so that plow ...

The rush of visitors who lined up at Mesa Verde National Park on Wednesday morning thinned by Thursday, a day after the park’s partial closure and the federal government shutdown. By midmorning ...

Mesa Verde National Park spreads over 52,485 acres of high plateau and rugged canyons on the southwest edge of Colorado’s ...

The structures were built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 700 years ago. The park also has plentiful opportunities to hike, embark on scenic drives, and watch the night sky. In southwest Colorado, ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. -- A 2,000-acre wildfire charred the mesa above one of this park's signature cliff dwellings Tuesday and fire workers scrambled to protect scores of archaeological ...

Managers at Mesa Verde National Park closed the park on Friday as a winter storm dropped snow on southwestern Colorado. Officials with the National Park Service shared a photo on social media showing ...

Colorado has plenty of stunning small towns close to national parks, but the little-known town of Cortez—home to the highest concentration of archaeological sites in North America—has a unique ...

One look at the iconic cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, and it’s easy to imagine the lives that once bustled within them. In a free audio tour visitors can download, park ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (WISH) — After being missing since 2024, an Indianapolis man’s body was found at the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The body of 73-year-old Thomas Irwin was ...

DENVER – Mesa Verde National Park has become the second national park in the state to close in an effort to stop the relentless spread of coronavirus in Colorado. The park’s closure, which went into ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — Rangers have found the remains of a man who went missing in Mesa Verde National Park more than a year ago, according to the National Park Service (NPS). Thomas Irwin, ...

NASA personnel will soon be in Colorado for a celestial event that hasn’t been visible from North America in more than a decade. On Oct. 14, Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado will be ...