National and State Register

Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District

Montezuma County

The archaeological resources of Mesa Verde and this adjoining area constitute the largest archaeological preserve in the United States.  

A photo of some rock art.

Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District (1999 photograph.)

This 125,000-acre private park contains thousands of pueblo ruins and cliff dwellings.  The ruins of Mancos Canyon are some of the best preserved remains existing of the Anasazi Culture of the Four Corners Country.

This site continues into La Plata county.