State Park · Colorado, United States
Mancos State Park
Mancos State Park is a state park in Colorado, United States, established in 1987.
Photo: McGhiever via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | State Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Montezuma, Colorado, United States |
| Established | 1987 |
| Coordinates | 37.4003° N, 108.2700° W |
| Managed by | Colorado state park system |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Mancos State Park
Mancos State Park is a Colorado state park. It is located near Mesa Verde National Park, the West Mancos Trail and the San Juan Skyway. The park is known to have been a dwelling place for Ancestral Puebloans. They lived in the Four Corners area in ancient times from AD 1 to 1300. It was also later controlled by the Spanish for 200 years from the 17th to the 19th century. In 1948 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioned the Jackson Gulch Dam, and it was officially included as a part of the Colorado state parks in 1987.
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Planning your visit
Famous trails
- West Mancos Trail
Airports near this park
The airports a visitor would actually fly into, nearest first — each link opens its profile on our sister site AirportProfiles.
- Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) · Cortez, United States · 20.8 miles away
- Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO) · Durango, United States · 33.2 miles away
- Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) · Telluride, United States · 43.1 miles away
Parks nearby
More parks in Colorado
Frequently asked questions
Where is Mancos State Park?
Mancos State Park is in Colorado, United States (37.4003° N, 108.2700° W).
When was Mancos State Park established?
Mancos State Park was established in 1987, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Colorado_state_parks — Wikipedia list of Colorado state parks — park name, county/location, size, year where the table states them.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancos_State_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).