The Mancos Cattlemen’s Ranch Rodeo will be held on Sunday, July 31st, at the Robbins Family Arena on Hwy 160. Call 970-749-4244 or 970-759-4766 for more information.
Mancos is having fireworks on the 4th! Please join us at Boyle Park at dusk for a great show!
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde NP, known as a world-famous masterpiece of architecture and design, and the largest cliff dwelling in North America, is expected to reopen July 1st of this year after the road loop accessing it closed last summer for road repairs – and then remained closed when new archeological sites were discovered. Built between 1190 and 1280 CE, Cliff Palace was once home to over 100 people.
We just learned that Mesa Verde National Park will resume its annual free Open House and Luminaria event on Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 4pm until 9pm. It will be a special evening with complimentary chili, cookies, hot chocolate, and music at the Far View Terrace.
In celebration of Mesa Verde’s dark sky certification the park will be holding programs at the Morefield Campground Amphitheater this Friday and Saturday evenings, September 10 & 11th.
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 23rd, as are ranger-led evening programs at Morefield Campground Amphitheatre. These programs are held at 8:30 pm through August 15th 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.
Mark your calendars for April 19 because the oldest recorded meteor shower is going to be visible in the night sky. The Lyrid meteor shower was first recorded by ancient Chinese astronomers in 687 B.C., according to EarthSky.org, and the shower of meteors was described as ‘falling like rain.” Hopefully, this year’s shower will be just as beautiful.
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/
