Mesa Verde National Park
Also known as Mesa Verde, MEVE
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iii).
Region
Europe and North America
United States
Inscribed
1978
Area
21,043 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mesa Verde National Park is about 200 km south of Grand Junction. The nearest other World Heritage site is Grand Canyon National Park, about 350 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Durango · about 23,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Farmington · about 43,000 peopleabout 65 km south-east
- Montrose · about 22,000 peopleabout 150 km north
- Gallup · about 24,000 peopleabout 190 km south
- Grand Junction · about 104,000 peopleabout 200 km north
- Santa Fe · about 93,000 peopleabout 290 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United StatesNatural350 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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