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.^[2] 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
Location	Montezuma County, Colorado, U.S.
Nearest city	Mancos
Coordinates	37°24′1″N 108°16′12″W
Area	553 acres (224 ha)
Established	1987
Visitors	34,067 (in 2021)[1]
Governing body	Colorado 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.^[2]