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Experience the outdoor adventures found in the Canyons &amp; Plains of Colorado while learning about the heritage of the region.

Colorado's Canyons & Plains: The Ultimate Adventure

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There are special places and unique vistas around nearly every Colorado corner. You can help ensure these places exist for generations to come by staying on roads and trails, keeping speeds in check, leaving campsites and picnic spots just as you found them, and following instructional signs while you’re out and about in our state.

Travel Like a Local

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Only the Lamar locals know that the <a href="http://www.washspott.com/index.php">Wash Spott Car Wash</a> has an excellent old-timey soda fountain ice-cream shop tucked inside. Worth a visit whether you're getting a car wash or not!

Local Knowledge

The Levsa Canyon Trail is a moderate one-mile walk with views of mountains, lakes and wooded coves. The Reilly Canyon Trail is for the hiking enthusiast — it branches off from the Levsa, continuing four miles farther toward the Reilly Canyon and historic town of Cokedale.

Hike the Reilly & Levsa Canyons Trails in Trinidad State Park

Signature barbecue favorites with delish sides Southwest tacos and fried pickles We also offer great steaks and limited sea food selection. With two bars to serve you

Trinidad Smokehouse

Trinidad History Museum features the historic Bloom Mansion and Baca House, two residences built in the late 19th century, as well as heritage gardens and the Santa Fe Trail Museum. Learn all about the region’s diverse cultural and ethnic heritage through lively events and exhibitions such as <a href="https://www.historycolorado.org/exhibit/borderlands-southern-colorado-santa-fe-trail">Borderlands of Southern Colorado</a> and <a href="https://www.historycolorado.org/exhibit/children-ludlow">Children of Ludlow: Life in a Battlezone, 1913-1914</a>, an award winning display that examines the Colorado Coalfield Strike and Ludlow Massacre through the eyes of the more than 9,000 children who endured the strike. 
Tours of the historic Baca House take place each day at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Trinidad History Museum

Bringing Trinidad a freshly made menu, craft beers and cocktails with excellent customer service!

Las Animas Grill

Close to Trinidad, with fishing, hiking, biking and boating. Enjoy 73 campsites, electricity, showers, laundry and group shelters. The ideal hub for exploring scenic southern Colorado.

Trinidad Lake State Park

Take advantage of our pet-friendly hotel's many modern amenities, free hotel features, friendly service, and convenient location near the city's downtown hub.

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Trinidad

Breakfast, lunch, coffee and drinks in a charming location on Trinidad's Main Street.

The Cafe

These non-motorized multi-use trails are free and open to the public. You can hike up for views of the surrounding mountains and mesas.

Bike or Hike Wormhole Loop Trail

Sita's Kitchen — feeding body &amp; soul. All vegan all the time, &amp; as organic &amp; local as possible.

Sita's Kitchen

Amtrak's Southwest Chief departs from La Junta on Saturdays and Sundays in the summer for day trips to Las Vegas. Volunteers narrate the excursions as you learn the stories of people, plants and animals of the area.

Ride the Rails

Mexico City Cafe originated over 15 years ago. It was started by Mona Munoz Chaparro. It has grown steadily from it's inception. We now offer an outdoor patio when the weather is warm. As well as an outside bar area with tables and umbrellas.

Mexico City Cafe

The Koshare Indian Museum is one of Colorado's great repositories of Southwest art and Native American artifacts. Antiquities, pottery and textiles represent the great prehistoric cultures of the Southwest from Cheyenne and Comanche to Pueblo and Navajo.

Koshare Indian Museum

Our Holiday Inn Express hotel is located on US Highway 50, just minutes from downtown and close to area attractions.

Holiday Inn Express La Junta

Your home-town restaurant bringing our community together with good home-town cooking.

LA Cafe

Located in the Comanche National Grassland, just south of La Junta, these primitive canyons are home to the largest dinosaur tracksite in North America. The round-trip hike to the dino tracks is 11.2 miles, so plan to head out early and take plenty of water (about a gallon per person).

Follow Dinosaur Footprints at Picketwire Canyonlands

Biscuits and gravy, huevos rancheros and other breakfast and lunch delights. Friendly waitstaff and locally owned.

Copper Kitchen

Reconstructed fort temporarily closed to address building safety. Park grounds &amp; trails remain open. <a href="https://www.nps.gov/beol/planyourvisit/fort_status.htm">More information</a>
A reconstructed trading post where traders, trappers, travelers and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes gathered for peaceful trade. 
<a href="https://www.nps.gov/beol/planyourvisit/calendar.htm">Calendar of events &gt;&gt;</a>

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Dishing up fresh tortillas and even fresher ingredients from downtown La Junta.

Lucy's Tacos

A sportsman's paradise, the park offers fishing, wildlife viewing, hiking, bike riding and boating. Features 109 electrical campsites and 104 non-electric sites, which can accommodate RVs, trailers and tents. Wildlife properties also surround the reservoir.

John Martin Reservoir State Park

You will find that the west is the best at Days Inn Lamar hotel off Highways 50 and 287 near John Martin Reservoir State Park. Get a deep sleep on a comfortable pillow-top mattress, then begin your morning with free Daybreak continental breakfast with hot items.

Days Inn - Lamar

Come visit this restored mid-19th-century settlement.

Boggsville Historic Site

Great burgers, amazing shakes, friendly service. Ask for the pureed jalapeño on your burger for zesty flavor in every bite!

Bjs Super Burger

In the spring and fall, the Two Buttes Trail is the perfect place to spot migrant birds.

Go Birding

Traditional American burgers and sandwiches in Eads.

JJ's Restaurant

See where 675 U.S. volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington launched an attack on a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho who were camped under the protection of the American Flag. Around 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho were killed on Nov. 29, 1864.

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Welcome to the Cobblestone Inn &amp; Suites in Holyoke, Colorado. Our beautiful hotel is conveniently located near everything that Holyoke, Colorado has to offer including The Phillips County Raceway, Melissa Memorial Hospital, Hospice of the Plains, Centennial Mental Health Center, Gerk Funeral Home, and Baucke Funeral Home. Our hotel also provides easy access for traveling to and from U.S. Highways 6 and 385.

Cobblestone Inn & Suites

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If you have a little extra time by the end of day four, the <a href="https://coloradobirdingtrail.com/site/lamar/%20">Willow Creek Nature Trail</a> is a short hiking path with some great birding in the town of Lamar.