Owls, elks, woodlands and steppes were just some parts of the ecological world included in a recent assessment of Mesa Verde ...

Gustaf Nordenskiöld, a Swedish researcher, arrived in Southwest Colorado in 1891 and conducted the first scientific study of what is now Mesa Verde National Park. However, he left behind a ...

July 15, 2019 / 4:53 PM MDT / CBS Colorado DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) - Tourists are returning after one of the worst fires in Colorado history last year. The 416 Fire burned 54,000 acres in 2018.

DURANGO, Colorado — If ever there was a tourist destination built for social ... the San Juan Byway is a 236-mile loop that runs from Durango to Telluride to Mesa Verde National Park and back ...

The past 12 months have been an exciting time for skywatchers and stargazers. In October 2023, the path of a “ring of fire” eclipse clipped southern Colorado, visible from Mesa Verde National ...

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - The National Park Service says a vandal with a gun has caused an estimated $2,000 of damage at Mesa Verde National Park. The Durango Herald reports someone fired shots at the ...

Mesa Verde National Park, located in southwestern Colorado, is home to the largest cliff-dwelling complex in the United States. Over 600 cliff-side structures fill the park along with 1000s of ...

Mesa Verde is a designated International Dark Sky ... consider staying at the Oasis RV Resort and Cottages in nearby Durango, ...

When his pack animals, loaded down with 600 items including a mummified corpse, reached the Durango railway station, he was accused of looting Mesa Verde and arrested.

Archaeologists have located some 600 cliff dwellings in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. 1:30. ... Airports: Cortez and Durango. When to Go. Year-round.