The Mesa Verde Foundation strives to provide exciting and educational experience through our tours and events. Tours provide those seeking deeper experiences at Mesa Verde National Park and the greater Ancestral Puebloan region with in-depth experiences. Our events provide ways for people to engage further with the Foundation in communities throughout the Four Corners region.
Our 2025 Fall Tour is currently sold out. To get on the waitlist, please email kim@mesaverdefoundation.org.
Bring your writing (fiction, non-fiction, memoir) to Mesa Verde National Park for a four-day retreat alongside the mesas and cliffs that offer a spectacular window into the past. Mesa Verde National Park, located west of Durango in southwest Colorado, is also a World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park where Ancestral Puebloan people lived for over 700 years.
To find out more or to register please visit https://secure.givelively.org/event/mesa-verde-foundation/mesa-verde-national-park-writing-retreat
Explore Cliff Palace, North America’s largest cliff dwelling, through an immersive online tour featuring perspectives from Indigenous ranger interns and a National Park Service archaeologist. With 150 stone rooms, this place is special and sacred, to our associated Pueblos, Nations, and Tribes while showing the impressive architecture of the Ancestral Pueblo people. Gain a deeper understanding of Mesa Verde’s past and present through the lens of Pueblo peoples’ experiences, including the challenges and adaptations brought about by climate change.
Click the photo above to access the virtual tour.
Explore Balcony House from the comfort of your home with an engaging ranger-guided virtual tour. Navigate through the intricate passageways and delve into the remarkable architecture that defines this site. Learn the origin of the site’s name, find out where the freshwater springs are located, marvel at the breathtaking panoramic views, and imagine what life was like here in the past.
Click the photo above to access the virtual tour.