With Assistance Within a few yards of the museum, a sign points to the trailhead leading to the Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling. It is Mesa Verde's best preserved cliff dwelling. The Archeological Museum on Chapin Mesa displays superb examples of prehistoric artifacts of the American Southwest. Located 15 miles from the park entrance. This is the visitor contact station where you can obtain tickets, information and directions to all ranger guided tours and activities.
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Cliff Palace Take Mesa Top Loop Road and follow the signs to Cliff Palace. The dwelling may have been home to as many as 250 people. Original designs still decorate the plaster on the interior of some of the rooms. The tour includes a 75 foot ascent, climbing steps and climbing several short ladders. Cliff Palace can also be seen from an overlook above the dwelling or from across the canyon at Sun Temple or the Sun Point overlook on the Ruins Road.