The Rugged San Juans* Near Gunnison, Colorado *
One of Colorado’s most panoramic features, is the rugged mountain chain in southwestern Colorado that is an integral part of the Rockies known as the San Juan mountains. They consist of very steep, highly mineralized stone composition slopes and are the heart of what is known as [...]
Blue Mesa Lake and Reservoir* Near Gunnison, Colorado * Right in the heart of the Rugged San Juan’s mountain lies Colorado’s largest body of water and the United States’ largest lake trout and Kokanee salmon fishery. Right along scenic Blue Mesa and U.S. 50 at an elevation of 7,519 feet is a 41,972 acre / [...]
Cimarron Canyon State ParkCimarron, New Mexico * http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/prd/CimarronCanyon.htm * A beautiful canyon that is bisected by historic Highway 64 extending from Cimarron to Taos. The State Park is located three miles east of Eagle Nest, New Mexico. The park resides in the Colin Neblett Wildlife Area. The Canyon is a very popular location for [...]
Rio Grande Gorge and BridgeTaos, New Mexico * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Gorge_Bridge * One of New Mexico’s most famous and picturesque gorges and bridges. The Rio Grande Gorge is 800 feet deep and ten miles long, running from northwest to southeast of Taos, New Mexico, through the basalt flows of the Taos Plateau volcanic field. One of [...]
Bridal Veil FallsTelluride, Colorado
One of the spectacular beauties of Telluride are the stunning Bridal Veil Falls. A towering water fall dropping 365 feet at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride. Hiking and off road trails pass by the falls and there resides a power plant at its top. During the winter the [...]
View of Colorado Springs from Crystal Park
Crystal Park, Colorado
“Where the Mountains meet the sky” or a.k.a. “the gem of the Rockies”. Is a area and settlement nestled Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, and Broadmoor Hotel. It is a settlement of over 2,000 privately owned acres of forest / mountain land. It’s named [...]
Garden of the Gods, April 19, 2009
Garden of the Gods
1805 N 30th Street (at Gateway Rd) * Manitou / Colorado Springs, Colorado * 719.634.6666 * http://www.gardenofgods.com/
Garden of the Gods, is a unique natural geological park that is located in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs … and is a Registered National Natural Landmark. It’s open from [...]
Petroglyph National Monument * http://www.nps.gov/petr/ * Petroglyph National Monument * 6001 Unser Blvd, NW * Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120 * (505) 899-0205 ext. 331 *
Petroglyph National Monument is a several area park nestled up to the Albuerqueque’s resident volcanoes that protects a variety of cultural and natural resources including the volcanos, archeological sites [...]
The Orient Land Trust a.k.a. “Valley View Hot Springs”
info@olt.org, olt.org * PO Box 65, Villa Grove, CO 81155-0065 * 719.256.4315 * 9 am - 10 pm. Open to the public 7 days a week - closed December 1st - 28th.
This fantastic Land trust is dedicated to the preservation of natural resources, wildlife habitat, open [...]
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Highway 30, Hagerman, Idaho: just off the Scenic Thousand Springs Byway
1-208-837-4793; http://www.nps.gov/hafo/home.htm
“Fossil bones of zebras, beaver, otter, pelicans, and other water fowl, are found in sediments left from a 3,400,000 year old pond on the bluff across the river. Lava flows, pouring out over the plains on the side of the [...]