Mesa Verde is a physical feature (ridge) in Montezuma County. The primary coordinates for Mesa Verde places it within the CO 81330 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Mesa Verde |
Category: | Colorado physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Ridge |
Description: | approximately 20 miles long and fifteen miles wide; its southeast boundary is the Mancos River. |
History: | Mesa Verde...in SW Colordo...it is the NW edge of a great coal-bearing sandstone formation which dips beneath the San Juan Basin of New Mexico. It rises to 8000 ft...the escarpment on the N is 2000 ft high, overlooking the lower plateau, arid and desolate except for several irrigated valleys. The Mancos River skirts it on the south. |
County: | Montezuma County |
Latitude: | 37.1499956 |
Longitude: | -108.5173113 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mesa Verde: Mesa Verde.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mesa Verde does not include property ownership information.
Towaoc, CO
(12.3 miles WNW) Cortez, CO (14.3 miles NNW) |
Mancos, CO
(18.4 miles NE) |
Weber, CO
(16.9 miles NE) Redmesa, CO (19.5 miles E) |
Mariano, CO
(19.7 miles W) |