Mesa Verde National Park Extending Hours For Visitors
Hotter summer temperatures and increased visitation have prompted Mesa Verde National Park officials to open access to the Wetherill Mesa earlier in the day.
Mesa Verde National Park
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #32 – June Notables
June marks not only the beginning of summer, but is also notable for being the month in which Big Bend, Great Smoky Mountains, Biscayne, Mesa Verde, and Olympic national parks were established. Test your knowledge about these national park notables before looking at the answers at the bottom of the page.
National Parks Traveler Checklist: Mesa Verde National Park
Mesa Verde National Park is one of those park units focusing upon the architecture, culture, and landscape of the Ancestral Puebloans who inhabited this area for over 700 years (600 – 1300 CE). There’s plenty to do, see, and learn at Mesa Verde, and this Traveler’s Checklist can help you make the most of your time exploring this park.
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #30
Time to test your park unit knowledge with this National Parks Quiz and Trivia #30. See how much you know about some of the National Park Service’s 423 units and maybe learn something new.
2020 Year In Review: Parks, A Pandemic, And Photography
Despite 2020’s coronavirus pandemic causing cancellation of a number of park photo trips, Traveler’s Rebecca Latson still managed to visit several of the National Park System’s units in a safe, distanced manner. Over the year, Rebecca shared tips, techniques, and favorite places to photograph as well as how to stay safe and healthy while doing so. Here’s a look back at her articles and photos.
- December 29th, 2020
Where Will You Explore Winter In The National Park System?
Winter, the season with cold, snow, short days and long nights, can be a challenging season to explore the National Park System. Yet it also holds surprises that reveal themselves in shimmering lights darting across the night sky, in tracks of what passed the night before across the snowscape, and in congregations of wildlife.
- November 29th, 2020
Preserving Cultural And Historic Treasures In Changing Climate May Mean Transforming Them
With global travel curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are finding comfort in planning future trips. But imagine that you finally arrive in Venice and the “floating city” is flooded. Would you stay anyway, walking through St. Mark’s Square on makeshift catwalks or elevated wooden passages – even if you couldn’t enter the Basilica or the Doge’s Palace? Or would you leave and hope to visit sometime in the future?
Remains Of Man Who Went Missing At Mesa Verde National Park Found
Seven years after a Texas man vanished while on a hike at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado his remains have been found.
Mesa Verde National Park Cancels Annual Holiday Luminaria Event
Mesa Verde National Park's annual Holiday Open House and Luminaria event will not be presented this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- September 18th, 2020
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #14
It's time to test your national parks knowledge and learn a little bit of national parks trivia, too, with the latest National Parks Quiz and Trivia piece (#14). See how much you know about the nation's protected lands before checking the answers at the bottom of the piece.
- August 26th, 2020
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