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Mesa Verde National Park
Far View Visitor Center
Visitors walking up ramp to the Far View Visitor Center
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Far View Visitor Center

Tickets
Be sure to make the Far View Visitor Center your first stop if you wish to visit Cliff Palace, Balcony House, or Long House. If you plan to visit any of these three cliff dwellings, you must purchase tickets here first. *

* After the Far View Visitor Center closes in October, Cliff Palace tour tickets must be purchased at the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum.

Hours
Open: Mid-April to mid-October, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed: Mid-October to mid-April

 

Location
Far View Visitor Center is located 15 miles from the park entrance.


Exhibits
Historic Native American jewelry, pottery, and basket displays. Nordenskiold exhibit.


Available Facilities
Tickets for cliff dwelling tours (Cliff Palace, Balcony House, and Long House) are purchased here. Bookstore and restrooms are located at the visitor center. The Far View Lodge, restaurant, cafeteria, and gift shop are located near the visitor center.

 
The north courtyard of Balcony House  

Did You Know?
Contrary to popular belief, the Ancestral Puebloan people of Mesa Verde did not disappear. They migrated south to New Mexico and Arizona, and became today’s modern pueblo people.

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Last Updated: October 11, 2006 at 12:25 EST