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
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Most visited ancient sites in the United States
National Park Service counts supply every figure on this list, but the years are not the same. Mesa Verde in south-western Colorado, with its Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings, had about 480,000 visits in 2024. The Arizona sites, Montezuma Castle, Wupatki and Tuzigoot, all built by the Sinagua, and Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo Nation are counted for 2020, a pandemic year, so their normal totals are higher. Montezuma Castle is a short stop off Interstate 17; most of Canyon de Chelly's floor can be visited only with a Navajo guide.
| # | Site | Country | Visitors a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa Verde | United States | 480 065 a year (2024) |
| 2 | Montezuma Castle | United States | 242 028 a year (2020) |
| 3 | Wupatki National Monument | United States | 146 074 a year (2020) |
| 4 | Tuzigoot National Monument | United States | 78 358 a year (2020) |
| 5 | Canyon de Chelly | United States | 76 752 a year (2020) |
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