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Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States Cuchara Unincorporated community Entering Cuchara from the north on State Highway 12. Cuchara Location within the state of Colorado Coordinates: 37°22′45″N 105°06′01″W / 37.37917°N 105.10028°W / 37.37917; -105.10028 Country United States State Colorado County Huerfano Elevation 8,468 ft (2,581 m) Time zone UTC-7 ...
All national park horse camping areas are in the wilderness in designated backcountry campsites or other wilderness areas at least 0.25 mi (0.4 km) from roads or trails. Camping is permitted in most places in the national preserve and at designated sites along the Medano Pass Road, as long as minimum impact guidelines are followed.
Blue Mesa Reservoir from the air. Created by the construction of Blue Mesa Dam in 1966, Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water. Fed by the Lake Fork Arm of the Gunnison River, Soap Creek, and Cebolla Creek, the long, broad lake is 20 miles (32 km) long, has 96 miles (154 km) of shoreline, and is the largest Lake Trout and Kokanee salmon fishery in the United States.
Campgrounds in the U.S. state of Colorado. Pages in category "Campgrounds in Colorado" This category contains only the following page.
As of 2024, the fees are $10 per day per vehicle and $4 per day per person for any non-vehicle access to the recreation area (for example, walking, bicycling, riding a horse). Yearly passes are also available for purchase. The area includes about six established campgrounds, and dispersed camping is allowed in some areas with certain ...
Also in Cuchara, a new county park — the Cuchara Mountain Park — opened in 2017, repurposing property that used to be the former Cuchara Ski Resort. [8] The ski resort had been closed to skiers since 2000, but in the mid-2020s a group of local citizens purchased a 47-acre (19-hectare) parcel of land the old ski resort occupied and formed ...
Location: Costilla County, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: Trinchera Creek Sangre de Cristo Creek Ute Creek and several other smaller creeks: Primary outflows: Trinchera Creek: Managing agency: Trinchera Irrigation Company [2]: Designation: Smith Reservoir State Wildlife Area: Built: 1914 () [3]: Water volume: 14,058 acre⋅ft (17,340,000 m 3) [3]: Surface ...
SH 12 looking at The Gap just north of Cuchara. SH 12 begins at the junction with U.S. Route 160 (US 160) north of La Veta. It heads southward through that town before entering the San Isabel National Forest and passing through Cuchara, near the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. It then crosses Cucharas Pass into Las Animas County.