Distance from Mesa Verde National Park, CO to La Junta, CO
Driving distance between Mesa Verde National Park, CO and La Junta, CO is 348.06 miles (or 560.15 kilometers). This guide provides essential information to help you plan effectively for this trip.
If you drove an average car with a fuel efficiency of about 25 miles per gallon (mpg), you would be using approximately 0.04 gallons of gas per mile, and the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Estimated travel time
Leaving from Mesa Verde National Park, CO you would reach La Junta, CO in about 6 hours 23 mins if you keep an average speed of 65 miles per hour, assuming you don’t make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.
This is a map overview of the best driving route from Mesa Verde National Park, CO to La Junta, CO in which you can see the origin and destination points marked with A (Mesa Verde National Park) and B (La Junta) respectively as well as blue line along the road route you can take. You can zoom in to see more details, including road numbers and even street names both in Mesa Verde National Park, CO and La Junta, CO as well as every other town you may pass by on your way.
Fuel consumption if you drive from Mesa Verde National Park, CO to La Junta, CO
To cover the 348.06 mi that separate La Junta from Mesa Verde National Park you are going to need between of fuel, considering you drive an average car (25 mpg) and , if you drive an SUV or a heavy car (20 mpg). If you drive a fuel efficient car (45 mpg), your consumption will only be .
Cost of driving from Mesa Verde National Park, CO to La Junta, CO
Depending on the fuel efficiency level of your car, driving from Mesa Verde National Park to La Junta will cost you between and . An average car would make the trip for . We calculate the route cost using real time average gas prices for the US and other costs such as tolls are not included in this calculation.
Note: This price is subject to change based on current gas rates.