Yucca House National Monument

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Cattails with mesa in background.
Cattails define marshy locations watered by springs.
View of Mesa Verde landform
View of Mesa Verde above from Yucca House in the valley below.
Masonry walls seen through shrubbery
Ancient walls of Yucca House still standing today.
Close up view of an ancient wall at Yucca House
View of an Ancestral Puebloan wall still standing at Yucca House.
View of ancient wall in the center of agricultural land surrounding it.
The Yucca House archeological site is surrounded by agricultural land today.
Photos: National Park Service

About Yucca House National Monument

Yucca House National Monument preserves a large unexcavated pueblo with a stunning setting in Montezuma Valley, nestled between Mesa Verde and Ute Mountain. Since Yucca House was protected as a national monument in 1919, it has remained largely untouched, offering intrepid visitors a sense of discovery and preserving the pueblo's beauty and integrity for future generations.

Quick Facts

State Colorado
Designation National Monument
State Code CO
Weather Spring and Fall are mild with daytime temperatures ranging from 50 F to 80 F. Winter temperatures are below 50 F with occasional snowstorms. Summers are hot and dry, with…

Location & Map

Yucca House National Monument is located in Colorado.

Operating Hours

Open year-round, weather pending. No services are available.

Wednesday All Day
Monday All Day
Thursday All Day
Sunday All Day
Tuesday All Day
Friday All Day
Saturday All Day

Activities

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Getting There

From Cortez, take Hwy. 491 south approximately 8 miles. Take a right on MC County Road B (green sign), which is a dirt road one mile south of MC Road C. Drive 0.8 miles, crossing a paved road (MC Road 21), and take the next dirt road on the right (before the farmhouse on the left). Follow this road north and west for 1.4 miles, and head towards a white ranch house with a red roof on the west horizon. Once at the ranch house, Yucca House NM is on the left side if the driveway.

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Contact & Address

Address Off County Rd 20.5, Cortez, CO, 81321
Phone 970-529-4465
Email meve_general_information@nps.gov

Topics & Themes

Archeology Native American Heritage Animals

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