Cliff Palace Trail

Cliff Palace Trail is a 0.64-mile out-and-back foot trail in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. It climbs 111 ft to a high point of 6,824 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Cliff Palace Trail, Mesa Verde National Park
Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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