Archuleta County, Colorado
Top Spots in and near Archuleta County
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Durango, Colorado
4.0
8.1 mi
/ 1400 ft gain
This hike, a local favorite is less than five miles from downtown Durango. The entire hike offers beautiful views especially once your reach the top of Gudy's Rest. The trail starts off with a gradual uphill along Junction Creek. On this section of the trail, you will likely run into locals proba...
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Durango, Colorado
5.0
11.73 mi
/ 2077 ft gain
Reaching this trailhead actually begins off of Andrews Lake - you will see signs for Andrews Lake off HWY 550. I will provide directions from both Durango and Silverton at the end.
The trailhead is extremely well marked the entire way. The mileage from Andrews lake to Crater lake one way is 5.5...
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Durango, Colorado
5.0
34.52 mi
/ 6932 ft gain
This hike begins at the Purgatory Flats Trailhead across from the Purgatory resort. The register is about a hundred yards from the Trailhead and is located next to a trail map. From here you will begin your descent down into the flats, which is roughly a 600-700 foot descent over the course of ju...
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Lake City, Colorado
5.0
28.73 mi
/ 7431 ft gain
Cinnamon Pass OHV Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a river located near Lake City, Colorado.
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Durango, Colorado
5.0
0.43 mi
/ 279 ft gain
Adrenaline Falls is a popular spot for the locals to swim and relax during the warm summer months. The pool at the bottom of the falls is deep and popular for cliff jumping.
To get to the waterfall, turn onto the North access to Lime Creek road. A high clearance 4x4 vehicle is recommended to ...
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Durango, Colorado
Little Molas Lake Campground is about 1 mile off of US Highway 550 on Molas Pass just North of and on the other side of the highway from the Molas Overlook. Pro-tip: there is also another campground nearby called Molas Lake Park & Campground, so it's important to distinguish which you are hea...
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Durango, Colorado
To hike this section of the Colorado Trail, you'll begin from the Little Molas Lake Campground at around 10,895-ft. Little Molas Lake Campground is about 1 mile off of US Highway 550 on Molas Pass just North of and on the other side of the highway from the Molas Overlook, which is just South of S...
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Silverton, Colorado
Between the city of Silverton and prior to reaching the ghost town of Animas Forks a wonderful area of alpine beaver ponds that are teaming with trout, many species of ducks, beavers, and moose.
Along the forest road in the early morning and evening many moose can be easily seen from the road wa...
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Durango, Colorado
5.0
5.85 mi
/ 2293 ft gain
We were vacationing in the San Juan Mountains for 2 weeks. A local resident suggested the hike as a great place to see wildflowers. The "Engineer Mountain" sounded a bit too technical to be a scenic hike but we decided to hike like a local and this was one of the best hikes we did in 2 weeks. Ac...
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Silverton, Colorado
While the Animas River runs for miles in the San Juan National Forest, a beautiful (and accessible) stretch runs right through Silverton, CO. Here, you can fish, hike, or chill.
The river is fast with very few pockets for the trout to hide; however, if you search around enough, you'll find a fish...
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