Visiting Mesa Verde National Park | America's 1st Cultural National Park

Join us as we check another amazing US National Park off our bucket list! This week we take you along for our first visit to incredible Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado.

Established in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt, Mesa Verde National Park was the first American National Park to be protected for its cultural significance.

At Mesa Verde, you'll find museums, archaeological sites (both mesa top sites and cliff dwellings), scenic drives and interpretive trails that tell the story of the Ancestral Puebloans who lived here more than 700 years ago.

Mesa Verde National Park is home to almost 5,000 archaeological sites. It's name comes from Spanish explorers and means "Green Table". Here the mesas are covered in the green of Piñon Pines and Junipers.

In this video, we tour Cliff House, Long House, Step House and get a view of Balcony House from the Soda Canyon Overlook Trail.

Want to see more from our visit to Mesa Verde? Check out our website: https://rvamericayall.com/us-national...

If you missed last week's visit to Cortez, Colorado (the Gateway to Mesa Verde National Park), you can find it here:    • Visit Cortez Colorado | Small Town Am...  

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🎥 Filmed September 2022 at Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde, Colorado


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In 2018, we sold our house, our business and gave away just about everything we own to hit the road and see America. Our home is a 33' motorhome named Freedom. We installed an extreme solar and lithium battery setup so now we can camp just about anywhere with our dog (Star) and our cat (Astro).

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