Yucca House National Monument

Yucca House National Monument
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Unexcavated mound at Yucca House National Monument
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Location	Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
Nearest city	Cortez, Colorado
Coordinates	37°15′1″N 108°41′11″W / 37.25028°N 108.68639°W / 37.25028; -108.68639
Area	195 acres (79 ha)[1]
Created	December 19, 1919 (1919-December-19)
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Yucca House National Monument
U.S. National Monument
Designated	December 19, 1919

Yucca House National Monument is a United States National Monument located in Montezuma County, Colorado between the towns of Towaoc (headquarters of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe) and Cortez, Colorado. Yucca House is a large, unexcavated Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site.

Yucca House was established as a national monument in 1919, by President Woodrow Wilson's Proclamation No. 1549.^[2]