• View of Spruce Tree House from overlook

    Mesa Verde

    National Park Colorado

Badger House Community

On Wetherill Mesa (map), Self-Guided, No Fee Required

 
Badger House Pueblo Room Block
Badger House pueblo room block
NPS PHOTO
 
Separator bar with triangles
 
Early pithouse (semi-subterranean home) with antechamber in the foreground. A.D. 650.

Early pithouse (semi-subterranean home) with antechamber in the foreground.  A.D. 650.

NPS PHOTO

The Badger House Community consists of several sites dating from about A.D. 650 to the late 1200s. There are four sites along a paved and gravel walking trail: Modified Basketmaker Pithouse, Developmental Pueblo village, Badger House, and Two Raven House.

Allow approximately 45 minutes to complete the trail. A tram stop is available at trail's end to take visitors back to the parking area. The tram will take visitors to the overlooks of Kodak House and Long House before returning to the main parking area.

Did You Know?

Baron Gustaf Nordenskiold

In 1891, Swedish scientist Gustaf Nordenskiold studied, explored, and photographed many of Mesa Verde’s cliff dwellings. Considered by many to be the first true archeologist at Mesa Verde, his book, "The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde," was the first extensive record of its cliff dwellings.