Cattails define marshy locations watered by springs.
View of Mesa Verde above from Yucca House in the valley below.
Ancient walls of Yucca House still standing today.
View of an Ancestral Puebloan wall still standing at Yucca House.
The Yucca House archeological site is surrounded by agricultural land today.
Physical Address:
Off County Rd 20.5
Cortez, CO 81321
Mailing Address:
PO Box 8
Mesa Verde, CO 81330
contact-details
Phone Number: 970-529-4465 Voice
Email Address: meve_general_information@nps.gov
Description:
Fees
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Entrance Passes
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.
park designation:National Monument
Directions:
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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Directions
Operating Hours:
Yucca House National Monument
Open year-round, weather pending. No services are available.
Weather Information:
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 highs in the 90s.
Activities
Guided Tours
Self-Guided Tours - Walking
Guided Tours