Attractions, Day Trips, Experiences
Bishop’s Castle is located in neighboring Custer County along the Frontier Pathways Scenic Byway and is an excellent addition to any trip to Custer County or nearby Mission: Wolf. Bishop’s Castle is an elaborate and intricate one-man project named after its constructor, Jim Bishop, that has become a roadside attraction. Tucked in the forest, visitors [...] Tags: alamosa, castle, jim bishop, roadside attraction
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Head over La Veta Pass from Walsenburg and discover Alamosa and all it has to offer, from authentic local cuisine to historic train rides through the Rocky Mountains. This city has a unique combination of attractions, most notably the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, which brings nearly half a million visitors annually. Other [...] Tags: alamosa
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Trinidad Lake State Park, just west of Trinidad and nestled in in the foothills of the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is an ideal hub for exploring beautiful Southern Colorado and for escaping the crowds that tend to fill other Colorado State Parks. Although the park sits at 6,3000 feet in elevation, [...] Tags: boating, fishing, lakes, state park, Trinidad Lake State Park
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Day Trips, Experiences, Scenic Drives
Custer County lies directly northwest of Huerfano County and is joined with Spanish Peaks Country via Highway 69. The towns of Westcliffe/Silver Cliff are the most populated towns in Custer County, although they are still very rural with many of their residents still relying on ranching for their income. Westcliffe/Silver Cliff are tucked in the [...] Tags: custer county, silver cliff, westcliffe, wet mountain valley
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Take a quick and easy drive north of Walsenburg and discover Pueblo, a culturally and historically-rich Colorado city made famous by being one of the largest steel-producing cities in the U.S. Built in 1881, Pueblo's Colorado Fuel and Iron Steel Mill attracted a large number of immigrant laborers, resulting in Pueblo becoming the most ethnically [...] Tags: arkansas riverwalk, creative corridor, el pueblo history museum, lake pueblo state park, nature and raptor center, pueblo, pueblo heritage museum, pueblo zoo, rosemont museum, sangre de cristo arts center, steelworks museum, weisbord aircraft museum
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Nestled in Southern Colorado, the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve features North America's tallest dunes, which rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This fragile and complex ecosystem, which receives roughly 300,000 visitors annually, is an outdoor playground unlike any other. Hiking is the most popular activity at [...] Tags: medano creek, medano primitive road, sand dunes, sand dunes oasis, zapata falls
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Drive half an hour south of Walsenburg and check out Trinidad, a place where no one is a stranger, art thrives, and history runs deep. Just 12 miles north of the New Mexico border and Raton Pass, Trinidad offers visitors grand, historic architecture, a unique blend of culture, wildly fun events, and lots of opportunities [...] Tags: A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art, Comanche National Grassland, Louden-Henritze Archeology Museum, trinidad, Trinidad Lake State Park
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Mission: Wolf is a peaceful sanctuary for captive wolves and wolf-dog crosses in the mountains of Huerfano County. The more than 30 wolves and wolf-dog crosses living at Mission: Wolf all have one thing in common—they were born in a cage. At Mission: Wolf, these animals are given a second chance at a happy life [...] Tags: wolf sanctuary, wolves
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