Yucca House National Monument
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Yucca House National Monument:
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Yucca House National Monument
PO Box 8
Mesa Verde, CO 81330
Phone:970-529-4465
Fax:970-529-4637
Web: www.nps.gov/yuho/
Size: 34 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on December 19, 1919.
Location:15 miles south of Cortez, Colorado, off US 666.
Facilities:None.
Special Features:Yucca House is one of the largest archeological sites in southwestColorado, and acted as an important community center for the AncestralPuebloan people from A.D. 1150-1300. Ruins of these large prehistoric Indian pueblos are as yet unexcavated. Due to the size and extent of mounds, it is believed that, when excavated, they will prove of great archeological significance and educational interest. The name "Yucca House" was selected for the monument because the Indians of the Montezuma valley called Sleeping Ute Mountain by a name meaning yucca, due to the abundance of yucca plants growing on the mountainsides.
See other parks in Colorado.