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
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
LocationMancos, Montezuma, Colorado, United States
Coordinates37°24′1″N 108°16′12″W
Area553 acres (224 ha)
Established1987
Governing bodyColorado 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

  1. "Mancos". Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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