Yucca House National Monument
Designation: National Monument
Location: Colorado
📘 Park Overview
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.
🌤 Weather Information
Spring and Fall are mild with daytime temperatures ranging from 50 F to 80 F. Winter temperatures are below 50 F with occasional snowstorms. Summers are hot and dry, with highs in the 90s.
🚗 Directions
From Cortez, take Hwy. 491 south approximately 8 miles. Take a right on MC County Road B (green sign), which is a dirt road one mile south of MC Road C. Drive 0.8 miles, crossing a paved road (MC Road 21), and take the next dirt road on the right (before the farmhouse on the left). Follow this road north and west for 1.4 miles, and head towards a white ranch house with a red roof on the west horizon. Once at the ranch house, Yucca House NM is on the left side if the driveway.
Images
Cattails define marshy locations watered by springs.
Credit: NPS Photo
View of Mesa Verde above from Yucca House in the valley below.
Credit: NPS Photo
Ancient walls of Yucca House still standing today.
Credit: NPS Photo
View of an Ancestral Puebloan wall still standing at Yucca House.
Credit: NPS Photo
The Yucca House archeological site is surrounded by agricultural land today.
Credit: NPS Photo
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Entrance Fees
No entrance fees listed.
Entrance Passes
No entrance passes listed.
3-Day Weather Forecast
Saturday, Jul 25
Sunny
High: 93.4°F | Low: 66.7°F
Humidity: 41%
Wind: 16.6 mph
Rain Chance: 36%
UV Index: 12
Sunrise: 06:14 AM
Sunset: 08:28 PM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous (90%)
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew Point: 65.9°F
Cloud Cover: 36%
Pressure: N/A mb
Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A
Ozone: N/A
EPA Index: N/A
Sunday, Jul 26
Sunny
High: 90.2°F | Low: 66.6°F
Humidity: 45%
Wind: 16.1 mph
Rain Chance: 57%
UV Index: 12
Sunrise: 06:14 AM
Sunset: 08:27 PM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous (95%)
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew Point: 65.6°F
Cloud Cover: 57%
Pressure: N/A mb
Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A
Ozone: N/A
EPA Index: N/A
Monday, Jul 27
Sunny
High: 95°F | Low: 65.2°F
Humidity: 37%
Wind: 13.9 mph
Rain Chance: 1%
UV Index: 12.3
Sunrise: 06:15 AM
Sunset: 08:27 PM
Moon: Full Moon (99%)
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew Point: 66.8°F
Cloud Cover: 1%
Pressure: N/A mb
Air Quality (PM2.5): N/A
Ozone: N/A
EPA Index: N/A
Weather Alerts (1)
Flash Flood Warning issued July 25 at 12:59PM MDT until July 25 at 4:00PM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO
Effective: Jul 25, 2026 2:59pm
Expires: Jul 25, 2026 6:00pm
FFWGJT
The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Ferris Burn Scar in...
Northwestern Dolores County in southwestern Colorado...
North Central Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado...
Southwestern San Miguel County in southwestern Colorado...
* Until 400 PM MDT.
* At 1259 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Ferris Burn Scar. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flows.
The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose
materials.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding in and around the Ferris Burn
Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
the Ferris Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Northwestern Dolores, North Central
Montezuma and Southwestern San Miguel Counties
Visitor Center & Contacts
📍 Physical Address:
Off County Rd 20.5
Cortez, CO 81321
🏤 Mailing Address:
PO Box 8
Mesa Verde, CO 81330
📞 Voice Phone: 970-529-4465
✉️ Email: meve_general_information@nps.gov