Mesa Verde National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was designated as a national park in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Covering an area of more than 52,000 acres, it sits at the Four Corners area of the U.S. The Four Corners refers to the place where the four states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. The park is known for its ancient Native American cliff dwellings. Made up of more than 4,300 sites with 600 cliff dwellings, it is the largest archaeological preserve in the country.

The park’s best known structure, Cliff Palace, is considered to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America.

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