Against the desert west of Mesa Verde, Mancos continues its long tradition as a ranching community. Here cowboys still herd cattle on horseback, and log cabins, ranch houses, weathered barns, and horse corrals dot peaceful hills and fields.

The town of Mancos is located in southwestern Colorado, near the Four Corners, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park, halfway between the towns of Durango and Cortez. Surrounded by rangeland and mountains, the town offers a variety of outdoor recreational activities.

Mancos offers travelers many adventures including stream and lake fishing, hiking, biking, horseback and stagecoach rides, and other wilderness sports. A visit to the Pioneer Museum provides an opportunity to experience life as it once was. A historic walking tour of the community goes past Victorian homes and local shops with wares that would have been as popular a hundred years ago as now -- western clothing, antiques, native arts, and cowboy hats.

One of the most fun diversions in town is a stagecoach ride with the Mancos Valley Stage Line. It's a way to get a real taste of what this mode of travel must have been like.

Sundance Bear Lodge, Mancos
Bed and Breakfast rooms, cabin or house with kitchen, surrounded by acres of pastures, forest, and canyon.

Majestic Dude Ranch, Mancos

Black Bear Manor, Ouray

Spangler House B&B, Ouray