Mesa Verde National Park
National park in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.
Attractions near Mancos
Places to visit near Mancos: Mesa Verde National Park & more
Around 463K people visit Mesa Verde National Park each year. With nothing inside Mancos, the list has 12 places within 40 miles. The commonest are 3 national monuments, 3 museums and 2 ski areas. Beyond the town, the best known is Shiprock, 55 mi off.
Attractions nearby
18
within 60 miles
The big one
6 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 · 6 mi west
Mesa Verde National Park
National park in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.
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The map
Where things are
Aztec Ruins Administration Building-Museum, 39 mi away, is the farthest on the map.
Orange: Mancos. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every place to visit
These 18 are all within 60 miles.
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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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12Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado.
14Yucca House National Monument
United States National Monument; Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located in Montezuma County, Colorado.
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 Mancos → · Mancos’ 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 · Chimney Rock National Monument: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain · Uncompahgre National Forest: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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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