About Cortez
Cortez is a close-knit town in southwestern Colorado with an estimated population of 9,151.
Cortez holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 6.23 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,469 residents per square mile.
📰 Cortez News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Cortez Unique
- Positioned in southwestern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
- Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 9,151.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Cortez
- Denny's — american
- Destination Grill
- Far View Lodge
- Lotsa Pasta That'za Pizza — italian
- Loungin' Lizard — regional
- Main Street Brewery & Restaurant
- Ocean Pearl — chinese
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Stonefish Sushi — sushi
- Thai Cortez — thai
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Cedar Tree Tower · Attraction
- Coyote Village · Attraction
- Far View Archeological Site · Attraction
- Far View House · Attraction
- Far View Reservoir · Attraction
- Far View community · Attraction
- Krueger Point · Attraction
- Megalithic House · Attraction
- Painted Kiva House · Attraction
- Pipe Shrine House · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cortez
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Cortez
- Battle Rock Charter School
- Beech Street Preschool
- Children's Kiva Montessori School
- Kemper Elementary School
- Lewis-Arriola Elementary School
- Mesa Elementary School
- Montezuma-Cortez High School
- Montezuma-Cortez Middle School
- Southwest Open Charter School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Southwest Memorial Hospital ★★★★ (4/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.