Patch Dark Sky
For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 26 tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past. This World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park is home to over a thousand species, including several that live nowhere else on earth.
Pin Bench Mark Park
Park Point is the highest point of Mesa Verde National Park, at just over 8,572.31 feet. Park Point is marked with a US Geological Survey Bench Mark. A bench mark is a point whose position is known to a high degree of accuracy and is normally marked in some way. The marker is often a metal disk made for this purpose, but it can also be a church spire, a radio tower, a mark chiseled into stone, or a metal rod driving into the ground. Bench marks can be found at various locations all over the United States. They are used by land surveyors, builders and engineers, map makers, and other professionals who need and accurate answer to the question, “Where am I?”
Dimensions: 1 1/8"
Pin Dark Sky
For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 26 tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past. This World Heritage Site and International Dark Sky Park is home to over a thousand species, including several that live nowhere else on earth.