Southwest Colorado
The grassy riverbanks in the Coller State Wildlife Area attract elk, deer and moose in winter. You can see bighorn sheep throughout the year on the south-facing Palisade cliffs extending from the Coller State Wildlife Area to Wagon Wheel Gap. At the gap, golden eagles soar above the cliff faces and fish the Rio Grande.
From South Fork, follow Hwy 149 toward Creede for about 7 miles, where there’s a sign on the left; turn there and you enter the area after a couple hundred yards.
24.15 MILES
Named for a band of the Ute tribe, the Weminuche Wilderness Area is the most extensive wilderness in Colorado, with an area of more than 700 sq miles. The…
9.99 MILES
Part of the La Garita Wilderness, the dramatic stone formations of the Wheeler Geologic Area were carved by wind and rain into volcanic tuff framed by…
24.84 MILES
Twenty-five miles west of Creede and only 0.5 miles from signs on Hwy 149, these impressive falls are visible from an overlook on the fenced edge of a…
Creede Underground Mining Museum
13.94 MILES
Opened in 1992, this fascinating museum was hewn from the ground by mine workers, and the tours, which really bring home the grim reality of life in the…
Rio Grande County Museum & Cultural Center
20.52 MILES
This museum and cultural center features Pueblo and Ute rock art, Hispanic history and early photographs of Monte Vista’s ‘potato row’ wagons loaded high…
13.86 MILES
Mineral treasures attracted miners by the trainload, but this museum chronicles the more intriguing opportunists and scoundrels who arrived to take…
9.99 MILES
Part of the La Garita Wilderness, the dramatic stone formations of the Wheeler Geologic Area were carved by wind and rain into volcanic tuff framed by…
13.86 MILES
Mineral treasures attracted miners by the trainload, but this museum chronicles the more intriguing opportunists and scoundrels who arrived to take…
3. Creede Underground Mining Museum
13.94 MILES
Opened in 1992, this fascinating museum was hewn from the ground by mine workers, and the tours, which really bring home the grim reality of life in the…
4. Rio Grande County Museum & Cultural Center
20.52 MILES
This museum and cultural center features Pueblo and Ute rock art, Hispanic history and early photographs of Monte Vista’s ‘potato row’ wagons loaded high…
24.15 MILES
Named for a band of the Ute tribe, the Weminuche Wilderness Area is the most extensive wilderness in Colorado, with an area of more than 700 sq miles. The…
24.84 MILES
Twenty-five miles west of Creede and only 0.5 miles from signs on Hwy 149, these impressive falls are visible from an overlook on the fenced edge of a…