Population

• Montezuma County: 25,535
• Cortez: 8,482
• Dolores: 936
• Mancos: 1,336
• Towaoc: 1,087

US Census Bureau statistics

Elevations

• Cortez: 6,200 feet
• Dolores: 6,936 feet
• Mancos: 6,993 feet
• Towaoc: 5,912 feet
• Mesa Verde National Park: 6,040 - 8,572 feet
• Hovenweep National Monument: 5,200 feet

Land distribution

Montezuma County is 2,084 square miles; 1,333,888 ares; 30% private land, 33% is tribal land and 37% is state and federal land

Weather

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Distances from Cortez to

• Dolores: 11 miles
• Mancos: 18 miles
• Durango: 45 miles
• Farmington, NM: 70 miles
• Telluride: 76 miles
• Moab, UT: 115 miles
• Mesa Verde National Park Entrance: 11 miles
• Ute Mountain Tribal Park: 13 miles
• Sand Canyon Entrance/Canyon of the Ancients: 15 miles
• Lowry Ruins: 28 miles
• Four Corners Monument: 38 miles
• Hovenweep National Monument: 48 miles
• Canyonlands National Park South Entrance: 74 miles