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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§111c Revision of Boundaries; Vested Rights; Administration

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XII — MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK › § 111c

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Adds specific parcels to Mesa Verde National Park and says those lands, while keeping any existing valid rights, will be managed as part of the park under the National Park Service law approved August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). In New Mexico Principal Meridian, Township 36 North, Range 14 West: Section 29 includes parts of the south half and the SE¼ of the NW¼ that lie south and west of the U.S. Highway 160 right‑of‑way. Section 32 includes parts south and west of that right‑of‑way, except the park’s north entrance road and the SE¼ SW¼ and SE¼ NE¼ SW¼. Section 33 includes part of the NW¼ NW¼ bounded by these lines: from a point 456.5 feet south of the northwest corner on the west line, go south 373.0 feet, east 516.8 feet, north 132.7 feet, then north 65 degrees 06 minutes west 570.0 feet along the southwest right‑of‑way of Highway 160 back to the start.

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Title 16, §111c

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The boundaries of Mesa Verde National Park are hereby revised to include the following described lands, which, subject to valid existing rights, shall be administered as a part of the park in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.): new mexico principal meridian, colorado Township 36 North, Range 14 West section 29: All portions of the south half and the southeast quarter northwest quarter lying south and west of the right-of-way of United States Highway 160. section 32: Those portions of the section lying south and west of the right-of-way of United States Highway 160, except the north entrance road to the park, the southeast quarter southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter northeast quarter southwest quarter. section 33: That portion of the northwest quarter northwest quarter, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the west line of section 33 which is 456.5 feet south of the northwest corner of section 33, thence running south along the west line of section 33 for a distance of 373.0 feet, thence running east for a distance of 516.8 feet, thence running north for a distance of 132.7 feet, thence running north 65 degrees 06 minutes west for a distance of 570.0 feet along the southwesterly right-of-way of Highway 160 to the point of beginning.

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The Act entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes,” approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted section 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and section 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 111c

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110