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About the Park
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.
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Getting Here & Transit
How to Get Here
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.
Park Amenities
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Yucca House National Monument
Open year-round, weather pending. No services are available.
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Photos
View of Mesa Verde landform
Masonry walls seen through shrubbery
Close up view of an ancient wall at Yucca House
View of ancient wall in the center of agricultural land surrounding it.
When to Go
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Best Time
May-September
Trip Length
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