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The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (also Pinon and Pinyon) is a 235,896 acre (955 km 2) U.S. Army base in southeastern Colorado. The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) is a training site for Fort Carson .
Colorado: Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. Total acres: 235,782 Branch: Army. The largest of Colorado's 84 military sites is Pinon Canyon near the city of Model.
Named the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, this training area is located approximately 150 miles (240 km) road miles to the southeast, and is used for large force-on-force maneuver training. Comprehensive maneuver and live fire training also occurs downrange at Fort Carson. Exercises and deployments continually hone the skills of Fort Carson soldiers.
The Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site and surrounding area After purchasing land to create the PCMS in the early 1980s, the U.S. Army hired archaeologists to document the material history of the area. From 1983 onward, archaeologists and architectural historians repeatedly surveyed the PCMS.
The Army lands were part of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS), a 238,000-acre (96,000 ha) facility devoted to military exercises. However, In 2007, the Army announced a plan to expand the PCMS by purchasing additional land and seeking to transfer the lands of the Comanche National Grassland to Army ownership. [ 12 ]
Lowry Pueblo, Sand Canyon Pueblo and Roy's Ruin 48: Carnero Creek Pictographs Historical Site (La Garita) (Site ID 5SH.48) Saguache, near La Garita: Prehistoric: AD 1000–1749: Rock Art: National, State: Also a National Significant Archaeological Site. 4: Carrot Men Pictograph Site (Site ID AR-05-101-98) Rio Blanco, near Rangely: Prehistoric ...
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Pinon, Piñon, Piñón, or Pinyon may refer to: Pinyon pine (piñon pine), a group of several species of North American pine trees (genus Pinus) the edible pine nuts of these trees; Pinyon-juniper woodland; the edible seeds of the South American evergreen Araucaria araucana; Pastelón, a traditional Puerto Rican layered casserole