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Road work is expected to be active throughout the rest of the summer with the Cliff Palace Loop Road closed.  The Mesa Top Loop Road will remain open, however, until road work is completed on the Cliff Palace Loop.  There is still much to see and do with Long House Tours ongoing to October 23^rd, as are ranger-led evening programs at Morefield Campground Amphitheatre.  These programs are held at 8:30 pm through August 15^th and at 8:15 pm from August 20-September 5. 

Mesa Verde is excited to announce that our cliff dwelling tour season will soon begin! After suspension of tour operations in 2020 due to the pandemic, we are so excited to return to some of the park’s most spectacular sites: Long House, Cliff Palace, Mug House, Square Tower House, and Spring House.

Things will look a little different this year. Tour operations will be modified to improve safety, with reduced numbers to improve distancing between family groups.

We here at Starry Nights Ranch B&B were honored to be featured in a recent article in Trips to Discover, a popular digital travel magazine with a monthly readership of over 1.6 million.  In their search for the “coolest and most accommodating places to stay near Mesa Verde National Park” our B&B was featured as #2 in the top 9 places to stay.
https://www.tripstodiscover.com/places-to-stay-near-mesa-verde-national-park/

Do you often watch the night sky in hopes of seeing a falling star?  How do you make the night skies at Starry Nights Ranch even more spectacular?  Meteor showers, of course!  Here are some upcoming events that will be easily observable from our mesa top at Starry Nights Ranch:

Southern Delta Aquariids, peaking on July 28-29, while the moon is 66% full.

Alpha Capricornids, peaking July 28-29, while the moon is 66% full.

Perseids, peaking August 11-12, while the moon is 47% full.

The Park began a phased reopening on May 24^th, working with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor access to all parks service wide.  The facilities open to the public now at Mesa Verde are: the main park road and all overlooks including Montezuma Overlook, Park Point, and Geologic Overlook, Far View Terrace Café and Gift Shop, Far View Archeological sites, Mesa Top Loop Drive (including all stops and overlooks), Cliff Palace/Balcony House Loop Drive, Spruce Tree House overlooks, all hiking trails, Chapin Mesa picnic area, Spruce Tree T