National and State Register

Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District

La Plata County

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

A black and white photo of some ruins beneath a rock structure.

Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Archaeological District (1964 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 Montezuma county.