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Have you ever visited Colorado s Yucca House National Monument? That s okay, neither has anyone else. If you re looking for a socially distant getaway, this may be the perfect destination.
You ve probably been in the vicinity of this site dozens of times and didn t even know it. I m certainly guilty. Well, if you re looking to get out and enjoy Colorado while remaining socially distant, this is the ticket.
W. H. Holmes, who created the first map of Yucca House National Monument in 1875 said, “These ruins form the most imposing pile of masonry yet found in Colorado. The whole group covers an area of about 480,000 square feet and has an average depth of from 3-4 feet. This would give in the vicinity of 1,500,000 solid feet of stonework.”