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The managing agency publishes official acreage."},"firstProtected":null,"established":null,"administrations":[],"designationHistory":[],"summary":"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.","summarySource":"National Park Service","guide":{},"trConnection":null,"trConnections":[],"trTypes":[],"links":{"official":"https://www.nps.gov/yuho/index.htm","social":{},"recreationGov":null,"alltrails":null,"alltrailsExplore":"https://www.alltrails.com/explore?b_tl_lat=37.2513&b_tl_lng=-108.6873&b_br_lat=37.2394&b_br_lng=-108.6775","recreationGovSearch":"https://www.recreation.gov/search?q=Yucca%20House%20National%20Monument","directions":"http://www.nps.gov/yuho/planyourvisit/directions.htm"},"images":[{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C7C2020-1DD8-B71B-0B9F3E84D4AE2CD0.jpg","title":"Yucca House Spring","alt":"Cattails with mesa in background.","caption":"Cattails define marshy locations watered by springs.","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C7C2179-1DD8-B71B-0BD549D711B7C146.jpg","title":"View of Mesa Verde from Yucca House","alt":"View of Mesa Verde landform","caption":"View of Mesa Verde above from Yucca House in the valley below.","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C7C238F-1DD8-B71B-0B00D1C3C27BFBFB.jpg","title":"Walls of the Yucca House Pueblo","alt":"Masonry walls seen through shrubbery","caption":"Ancient walls of Yucca House still standing today.","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C7C24F8-1DD8-B71B-0B4DA773A67908B3.jpg","title":"Ancestral Puebloan Wall at Yucca House","alt":"Close up view of an ancient wall at Yucca House","caption":"View of an Ancestral Puebloan wall still standing at Yucca House.","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/3C7C2736-1DD8-B71B-0BF4D35DE98A58DB.jpg","title":"Yucca House in Context","alt":"View of  ancient wall in the center of agricultural land surrounding it.","caption":"The Yucca House archeological site is surrounded by agricultural land today.","credit":"NPS Photo","source":"NPS"}],"activities":["Guided Tours","Self-Guided Tours - Walking"],"topics":["Archeology","Native American Heritage","Animals"],"fees":[],"passes":[],"hours":[{"name":"Yucca House National Monument","description":"Open year-round, weather pending. No services are available.","standardHours":{"wednesday":"All Day","monday":"All Day","thursday":"All Day","sunday":"All Day","tuesday":"All Day","friday":"All Day","saturday":"All Day"},"exceptions":[]}],"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.","weatherInfo":"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.","contacts":{"phone":"970-529-4465","email":"meve_general_information@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"mesa-verde-national-park","km":20},{"slug":"canyons-of-the-ancients-national-monument","km":29},{"slug":"hovenweep-national-monument","km":32},{"slug":"aztec-ruins-national-monument","km":76},{"slug":"san-juan-national-forest","km":96},{"slug":"bears-ears-national-monument","km":102}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division","url":"https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2224545"},"sources":[{"name":"NPS Data API","url":"https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/parks?parkCode=yuho"},{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division boundaries","url":"https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NPS_Land_Resources_Division_Boundary_and_Tract_Data_Service/FeatureServer/2"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:12:45.625Z","alerts":[],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/yucca-house-national-monument/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/yucca-house-national-monument.geojson"}