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Yucca House National Monument

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.

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Photos

Cattails with mesa in background.
Cattails define marshy locations watered by springs.
View of Mesa Verde landform
View of Mesa Verde above from Yucca House in the valley below.
Masonry walls seen through shrubbery
Ancient walls of Yucca House still standing today.
Close up view of an ancient wall at Yucca House
View of an Ancestral Puebloan wall still standing at Yucca House.
View of  ancient wall in the center of agricultural land surrounding it.
The Yucca House archeological site is surrounded by agricultural land today.

Activities

  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking