Mesa Verde National Park
National park in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.
Attractions near Cortez
Mesa Verde National Park, 5 mi from Cortez
Cortez has 17 notable places within 60 miles, among them 4 national park units and 3 ski areas. About 463K people a year visit Mesa Verde National Park. Go 48 mi out for Shiprock.
Attractions nearby
17
within 60 miles
The big one
5 mi
Mesa Verde National Park
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Telluride Ski Area
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 5 mi south
Mesa Verde National Park
National park in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.
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Finding your way
The farthest of them, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, is 39 mi out.
Orange: Cortez. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Place by place
Look within 60 miles for all 17.
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3Four Corners Monument
Monument at the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States.
4Cliff Palace
Human settlement in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, United States of America.
5Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Heritage railroad in California, US.
6Aztec Ruins National Monument
National monument in New Mexico, United States.
7Hovenweep National Monument
US national monument in San Juan County, Utah, and Montezuma County, Colorado in the United States.
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10Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado.
12Yucca House National Monument
United States National Monument; Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located in Montezuma County, Colorado.
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Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum
Archaeological museum in Mesa Verde National Park.
Aztec Ruins Administration Building-Museum
Entrance to Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Cortez → · Cortez’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Mesa Verde National Park: Elaine from Sheffield, England, CC BY 2.0 · Shiprock: Bowie Snodgrass, CC BY 2.0 · Four Corners Monument: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cliff Palace: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad: pixelFire, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aztec Ruins National Monument: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hovenweep National Monument: teofilo, CC BY 2.0 · Canyons of the Ancients National Monument: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain · Bridal Veil Falls: Terry Foote (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yucca House National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · Anasazi Heritage Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum: Scott Catron (talk · contribs). On flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Aztec Ruins Administration Building-Museum: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0
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