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.[1] 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.
Mancos State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Jackson Gulch Reservoir and the La Plata Mountains in Mancos State Park | |
Location of Mancos State Park in Colorado | |
Location | Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, United States |
Coordinates | 37°24′1″N 108°16′12″W |
Area | 553 acres (224 ha) |
Established | 1987 |
Governing body | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
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.[1]
References
- "Mancos". Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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