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Mesa Verde National Park covers a relatively large area and many of the sights are distant from others.
Major sites have parking lots from which you must walk or take a tram to the various points of interest.
While many of the cliff dwellings are easy to spot, some of the smaller unmarked ones are harder to find.
For me, finding the small unmarked cave dwellings is a great part of the experience.
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Far View Visitor Center, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA,2009.
Far View Visitor Center, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Lookout over Mancos Valley from the Far View Visitor Center, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Panoramic view of Mancos Valley, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA,2009.
This impressive butte not far into the park has been identified as Point Lookout, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA,2009.
Grazing horses, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Canyon view, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Canyon view, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Sun Temple sign tells of this structure on top of the mesa, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
About the year 1200, "there was a general movement from mesa-top villages to cliff alcoves."
(See History section)
The Sun Temple structure has easy access, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Cliff Canyon Overlook sign, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Beautiful view of a canyon, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Sometimes you need to look close to see the cliff architecture... see next photo.
Detail of canyon shows small buildings in a narrow cleft, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
Canyon view, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 2009.
One of the few photos I can find from my trip with Leslie, my first wife, Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA, 1973.
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