Mesa Verde National Park · Colorado

Nordenskiold Site #16 Trail

0.6 mi of trail, end to end · about 10 ft of climbing · 80 ft of descent · 7,115 ft–7,190 ft · gravel surface · hiking · seasonal: No Winter Use on Trail

Views

Along the way Nordenskiold Site #16 Overlook

Trailhead Nordenskiold Site & Badger Trailhead 7,183 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the Nordenskiold Site & Badger Trailhead

Long House Loop · 3.6 mi
Long House Loop Trail · 0.3 mi

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.