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Curecanti National :Great Sand Dunes Rocky Mountain National System Recreation Area Nationa l Park and Preserve

A historically accurate reconstruction of Panoramic vistas frame the three fjord­ Ne tied in 's , The massive mountain peaks, high The Office an 1833 trading post built alon the like reservoirs and uplands that Great and Dune National Park and meadow and tundra, glaciers, lakes and administers the Santa Fe, Old Spanish, is the centerpie e of thi comprise Curecanti ational Recreation Pre effe i a lightly visited treasure of stream of the central and National Historic Trails national historic site. The fort w an Area. Blue Mesa is Colorado· lar e t visual eolo ic and biological surprises. are featured here in one of America's that traverse Colorado. The trails are important trading post between 1 33 lake and home to America· largest The ite i flanked by some of the highest oldest national parks. Connecting the administered in partnership with and 1849, when Indians and trappers kokanee salmon fi hery. Recently peaks in the Rocky _\fo untains and holds charming communities of Estes Park and American Indian tribes, federal, state and local agencies, non-governmental It met there to exchange furs for trade discovered dinosaur fo ii trace of the talle t dune in :.Jorth America. is Grand Lake, the park's famous l organizations and private landowners. goods. On-site staff members wearing 6,000-year-old Indian dwellings, the also home to unique wind-powered Rid e Road rrav rses the park and the period clothing explain the fu r trade in route of a historic narrow-gauge railroad geologic ystem , insects physically ontinental Di ide, reaching above From 1821to1846, the was the Southwest and the fort's valving and the Gunnison Diversion Tunnel, a adapted to life in the sand and found 12,000 feet in el vation. The park has an international road for American and history as an important suppl stop on national hi toric landmark, add to the nowhere el e, alpine lakes and tundra, abundant wild!' e and is especially noted Mexican traders. \X'hen the Mexican­ the fabled Santa Fe Trail. ThB site was visitor experience. The historic Old di appearing creeks, interdunal wetlands for elk bugling iJl the fall. Trail Ridge American War ended and New also used as a staging area for the U.S. Spanish Trail and .S. Highwa 50 both and much more. Road is open from Memorial Day Territory was added to the , Army during the Mexican War in 1846. run through Curecanti, along the through late fall. Most of the park is the trail became a national road for Gunnison River. Ho w to get there: acce sible by 350 miles of trails rated commercial and military freight, How to get there: From l.i.. Hwv 160. H mil e ea t of Alamo travel, emigration, mail service take Hwy l ·onorth. 20 miles. fr m y to ,·e ry difficult. Because of the From La Junta on U.S. Hwy 50, take Hwy 109 How to get there: hi elernrion of the park (8,000 to more and thousands of gold seekers heading to north, one mile to Hwy 194, then east on H wy .S. H wy -oruns the length of the California and Colorado gold fields. It 194, six miles. From Las Animas on C'.S. Hwy Visitor information: than 14.000 feet), visitors should take recreation area between ~1omro e and Phone: 719-3 -6399 was replaced over time by the westward­ 50, take Hwy 194, west 13 miles. Gunnison. time to a limatize. www.np. m· expanding railroad, which reached Santa Fe in 1880. Congress designated the route Visitor information: How to get there: Vis itor information: Mailing address: E a national historic trail in 1987. Phone:719-383-5010 Phone 970-641-233 7*ext. 205 I 11-500-Htt;l iway l SB,------r-;p~a""s"'~ ~e~""t~ra"'n""'c""e"'"s =on U.S. H 34 and 36 at Estes ~~-l--:f-W\=V\""'v:-np s.gov I beol www.nps.gov/cure _\lo ca, Colorado 81146_9798 ar . est entrance on U.S. Hwy 34 through Granby and Grand Lake. The Old Spanish Trail served as a major Mailing address: Mailing address: trade route from Santa Fe to Los Angeles 35110 Highway 194 East Visitor information: between 1829 and 1848. The Old 102 Elk Creek Hovenweep Nationa l Monument La Junta, Colorado 81050-9523 Gunnison, Colorado 81230 Phone: 970-5 6- 1206 Spanish Trail begins in northern New www.np .go\·/romo Mexico and runs northwest through Black of the Gunnison FiYe Ancestral Puebloan-era \ilia Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Nevada National Park Dinosaur National Monu ment Mailing address: before ending in California. pread over a 25 -mile e:-.'"Pan e of mesa 1000 Hio wa\· 6 tops and , form the enter ie e of E te Park, Color..1do 80517-8397 No other canyon in orth America For more information on the National Dinosaur ational Monument is best this national monument on the Colorado­ Trails System, call or write to: combines the narrow opening, heer known for its exceptional fo s ii quarry, Utah border. Hovenweep i famou for it walls and startling depths of£ ted by where ome 1,500 bones of 11 different distinctive multi-story towers perched on National Historic Site National Trails System Office the Black Canyon of the Gunni on. The pecies of dinosaurs from 150 million canyon rims and balanced on boulder . P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, NM 87504 canyon walls are composed of rnlcanic year ago are exposed. Although the :vlany visitors not only marvel at the kill Phone: 505-988-6888 schist, predominantly black in color, and quarry i do ed for construction of a of the builders but wonder at the moti­ and Creek i the scene of an attack by as the gorge reaches depths of more than new vi itor center to open by late 2011, vation and determination of these ancient about 700 volunteer soldiers on a 2,000 feet while often being only 1,500 the Fo sil Di covery Trail offer viewing people. Hovenweep sits at the we tern peaceful village of and America the Beautiful - National Parks feet across, sunlight illuminat s the walls opportunitie for dinosaur bone in edge of the vast Canyons of the Ancients people on Nov. 29, 1864. Led by and Federal Recreational Lands Pass briefly - hence the name "Black rocks along the path. There is another National Monument, which is managed Col. John Chivington, the dawn attack on Canyon." Rim roads on both rhe north side to Dinosaur: Backcountry roads by the Bureau of Land Management for the slumbering village along the Big Sandy Creek in outheastern Colorado America the and south rims offer spectacular views. take vi itors to Echo Park, named by low-intensity, unstructured public use. resulted in the deaths of about 150 Beautiful- National Trails into the canyon reward the more John \X 'e ley Powell in 1869. Here, the people, mostly women, children and the Parks and Federal. adventurous visitors. How to get there: Yampa Ri,·er joins the Green River and elderly. Although the massacre was Recreational Lands Bent's Old Fort From Cortez, Colorado, travel west on County pro,·ide a home for the peregrine falcon Road G (the McElmo Canyon Road) for ultimately condemned after three federal Pass National Historic Site How to get there: and bald ea le. Rafting expeditions on The park's south n is 15 · s east of I about 30 miles. From \X'hite _\lesa, Utah investi ationc;, it resulted in irreversible --~ - - --- ~... (south of Blanding), take Hwy 262. Montrose, on U.S. Hwy 50 and H wy 347. The the rivers take visitors past Indian rock chang in the histories of the frontier Annual Pass - S80 , . . north rim is 11 miles south of Crmvford, \ia art that testifi es to the allure of these and the he\·enne and Arapaho people. This pass is available to the general public and provides Visitor information: Hwy 92. The North Rim Road is cl o ed in canyons and rivers to all people. The hi toric ire was formally established access to, and use o4 federal recreation sites that chmge Phone: 970-562-4282 winter. on pril 2 , 2007, and is now open to the an entrance or standard amenity fee. The pass is valid How to get there: W\vw.np .gov ove publi on a limited basis. Please call the for one year, beginning from the date of sale. It admits Visitor information: The fossi l bone quarry is east of Vernal, tab. ite for hours of operation. Phone: 970-249-1915 From U.S. H wy 40, take Hwy 149 and trm·el Mailing address: the pass holder(s) and passengers in a non-commercial www.nps.gov/blca north. seven miles. Echo Park entrance i one McElrno Route vehicle at per vehicle fee areas, and pass holder plus Cortez, Colorado 1321 How to get there: mile east of Dino aur on .S. Hwy 40. three adults, not to exceed four adults, at per person fee Mailing address: Follow State Hwy 96 east, off Hwy 287 near Ead . or\\' t, off Hwy 385 at Sheridan Lake. areas (children under 16 are admitted free). 102 Elk Creek Visitor information: and >:ear Chi,·in!!ton, turn north onto CR 54, or at Gunnison, Colorado 81230 Phone: 970-374-3000 Other National Parks and Federal Recreational Land Yucca House National Monument Brandon. rum north onto CR 59. Follow these W\VW.nps.gov/dino roa ro their inter ections with County Road Passes available include: Colorado National Monument The mo t pectacular prehistoric cliff \X'e r. The park entrance is along west of CR Mailing address: America the Beautiful National Parks and dwelli ng in the outhwestern United --1 or everal mile west of CR 59. Sand Creek Massacre 4545 East Hwy 40 Federal Recreational Lands Pass - Dinosaur, Colorado 81610-9724 State are du tered along the canyons of These bold, big and brilliantly colored Further information: Senior Pass (age 62+) - $10 National Historic Site Mesa \'erde. Here, nee tral canyons and mesas, with their towering Phone:719-43 -5916 ~J< '~.j Florissant Fossil Beds lived for more than 700 ''ear before W\Vw.np . m· and America the Beautiful - National Parks and and fascinating rock sculpture . cover 32 National Monument leavin their home in the c · and on Federal Recreational Lands Pass - square miles of rugged terrain. The Access Pass (for disabled) - Free (with the me a within the pan of one or two _\Iailino addr famous Rim Rock Drive is one of the 249 appropriatedocurnentation). Flori ant i in a beautiful mountain generation in the late LOO . For a P.O. Box grandest scenic drives in the American Ead , C l rado 1036 valley ju t \\·e t of Pike Peak. and hold nominal fee, ,.i itor can purcha e ticket West and offers motorists and bi _·di t America the Beautiful - National Parks and spectacular rem nan of Earth· pre­ for guided tour through orne of the Federal Recreational Lands Pass - a 23-mile route through breath-takina historic life. Hu e petrified redwood most notable and be t-pre n·e Volunteer Pass - Free (with appropriate scenery. The drive also provide acces ationa l Heritage Area rump and incredibly detailed fossils of archeological ite in America, including documentation). to the visitor center and campground, 19 ancient.ins.ects_and..pJants-re.veal_a very C l if-H'alaee-ancl-Balee> y-ffo This oeaut1fTI1 n ve corri -Or iSanauona All of the America the Beautiful . ational Parks and interpretive viewpoints, and 14 hiking different Colorado of 35 million years Hou e requires reservations. trails varying in length from 1 to 14 heritage area that includes about 45 Federal Recreational Land Passes listed above can be ago. Ea walking trail guide visitors to miles of the Cache la Poudre River in miles. Magnificent views of the ii How to get there: obtained in person at any national park site that charges the petrified redwoods, fo quarries north-. It starts where Valley, the Book Cliffs, and a historic homestead. Entrance is along U.S. Hwy 160, 10 miles east an entrance fee, and by calling 1-888-275-8747, ext. 1. and Grand Mesa highlight the skyline. of Cortez. There is no public acce to Yucca the river flows out of the Roosevelt For more infonnation or to obtain a specific pass online, House National Monument at this time. How to get there: ational Forest and extends east almost visit http://store.usgs.gov/pass. .S. H\\'V 24 to Florissant, South on Teller to the river's confluence with the South The How to get there: Visitor information: Hwy 1-70 to Fruita, take Exit 19 to the wet Count\• Road 1 for two miles. Platte River. The corridor commemorates All of the former National Parks Passes, including the cares for special places Phone: 970-529-4465 entrance of the monument. \\Ww.n ps.gov/meve the significant contribution to the National Parks Pass, Golden Eagle, Golden Eagle saved by the American people Visitor information: development of water law in the Hologram, GoldenAccess and GoldenAge Passports Phone: 719-748-3253 Visitor Information: Mailing address: U. S. It illustrates the evolution of a so that all may experience w\\w.nps.gov/flfo will continue to be honored according to the provisions Phone: 970-858-3617 P.O. Box8 highly complex water delivery system. of the pass. Only paper Golden Age and Access our heritage. www.nps.gov/colm _\1esa \'erde National Park. Colorado 1330 Mailing address: .\fore information is available at Passports may be exchanged free of charge for new P.O. Box 185 w..vw.nature.nps.gov/cachelapoudre/ plastic passes. Mailing address: Flori ant, Colorado 80816-0185 Fruita, Colorado 81521-0001

I EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA , __ ' ' ,_ National Historic Landmarks .· - ..... 1) Air Force Academy Cadet Area Map Features 2) Central City-Blackhawk :. Continental Di ~ .... ., (adm1mst ed y U. S. Forest Serv e) Historic District : . .fed.us/cdnst National Parks Features Dinosaur .. 3) Cripple Creek Historic District National Monument '4 urango-Silverton Authorized park ocky Mountain --'---...... _ .....__...:.N~a=rFei -Gauge Railroad boundary National Park Cache la Poudre River Heritage Area ··~.. (National Heritage Area) 5) Georgetow ~Silver Plume 1 National Park . Tr, ii Ridge\B\.aver Me H istorie'Ois.trl.ct- °"""'""'"°o;;,;..Gree Iey Service ••• Al 1- A;e~ Ro 6) Leadville Historic ·$t,rict l • National Parks 25 7) Lowry Ruin (small unit) - 8) Philadelphia Tobq_g~· n National Landmarks eak to Peak 34 Company C9-f&t1sel Sceni c Byway 9) Pike's Pe-ak ~ National Historic V Landmark ~ oc ade 11) Shenandoah-Dives A. National Natural (Mayflower) Mill ----- V Landmark Dinosa ur Di amond L---t---!1~2,,...... il ve rto n_H istO r i c D lst r i ct Pre historic Highway 13) Telluride Historic District National Historic Trails I 14) Colorado ~ Old Spanish Trail NHT 15) Granada Relocation Center

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