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New Mexico/ Colorado

I would feel guilty going to all kind of inferior places, crappy towns, Disney stuff without a visit to the Mesa Ruins in Colorado (close to New Mexico.

As these ruins, left over from the Pueblo "Indians" of 700+ years ago, are a bit in the middle of nowhere, this needs some planning.

Flying into Alburquerque or Santa Fe, NM, would mean sa 3-4 hour drive, but also could be not the worst combination. Visiting Alberquerque for a day and have a scenic ride, visiting a few "ghost towns" on the way could make it a great long weekend.

 

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Mesa Verde, Ancestral Ruins

Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home inside/ at the moantain (Cliff dwellings), for over 700 years, from AD 600 to 1300.

Today the Mesa Verde park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.

Travelling by car to Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings would take approx 35 minutes rom Durango

Durango, CO to Mesa Verda National Park, CO

By car, via US-160 W / 38 min / 35.5 miles

Mesa Verda Map
Durango, CO to Mesa Verda National Park, CO

 

Alburquerque, NM to Mesa Verda National Park

By car taks sapprox 4 hours.
via US-550 N / 4 h 6 min / 246 miles

Alburquerque to Mesa Verda National Park

 

 


 

 

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