Mesa Verde
Cortez, United States
Mesa Verde National Park in south-western Colorado protects more than 5,000 Ancestral Puebloan sites, including about…
7 tickets & tours
North America
Most visited ancient sites in North America
Only six sites on this continent have published visitor counts in the catalogue, and the years differ. Mesa Verde in Colorado leads with about 480,000 visits in 2024, a National Park Service count of everyone entering the park, not only those who join a cliff-dwelling tour. El Tajín, the city of niches near Papantla in Veracruz, follows with 386,406 in 2017. Montezuma Castle, Wupatki, Tuzigoot and Canyon de Chelly are counted for 2020, when the pandemic cut travel, so their usual totals are higher than shown.
| # | Site | Country | Visitors a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa Verde | United States | 480 065 a year (2024) |
| 2 | El Tajin | Mexico | 386 406 a year (2017) |
| 3 | Montezuma Castle | United States | 242 028 a year (2020) |
| 4 | Wupatki National Monument | United States | 146 074 a year (2020) |
| 5 | Tuzigoot National Monument | United States | 78 358 a year (2020) |
| 6 | Canyon de Chelly | United States | 76 752 a year (2020) |
El Tajin
Papantla, Mexico
El Tajin is the great city of the Classic Veracruz culture, near Papantla in the hills of northern Veracruz, which…
5 tickets & tours
Montezuma Castle
Camp Verde, United States
Montezuma Castle is a five-storey cliff dwelling built by the Southern Sinagua people in a limestone alcove about 27…
2 tickets & tours
Wupatki National Monument
Flagstaff, United States
Wupatki National Monument protects red sandstone pueblos built by Ancestral Puebloan farmers on the dry plains…
2 tickets & tours
Tuzigoot National Monument
Clarkdale, United States
Tuzigoot is a Sinagua pueblo of about 110 rooms built along the crest of a ridge 37 metres above the Verde River near…
1 ticket or tour
Canyon de Chelly
Chinle, United States
Canyon de Chelly is a national monument in north-eastern Arizona where red sandstone canyons hide cliff dwellings built…
3 tickets & tours