Mancos State Park

Coordinates: 37°24′1″N 108°16′12″W / 37.40028°N 108.27°W / 37.40028; -108.27

Mancos State Park
Colorado State Park
Jackson Gulch Reservoir and the La Plata Mountains in Mancos State Park
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Montezuma
City	Mancos
Coordinates	37°24′1″N 108°16′12″W / 37.40028°N 108.27°W / 37.40028; -108.27
Area	553 acres (224 ha)
Founded	1987
Management	Colorado State Parks
IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
Location of Mancos State Park in Colorado

Mancos State Park is a Colorado state park. It is located near Mesa Verde National Park, the West Mancos Trailhead 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. In 1948 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioned the Jackson Gulch dam and was officially included as a part of the Colorado state parks in 1987.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/Mancos/
2. ^ http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/Mancos/Publications/MancosHistory.htm