Baca County - 6 Attractions You Must Visit

Types of Attractions in Baca County

Lake/ River/ Ponds (3)

Outdoors - Other (3)

Forests (2)

Monuments (1)

Wildlife Sanctuaries (1)

Popular Activities And Trips in Baca County

List of Attractions in Baca County

Carrizo Canyon

Lake/ River/ Ponds

Outdoors - Other

Carrizo Canyon is a canyon in San Diego County, California. The canyon has water year round and a two mile hiking trail that encircles the area. Although the canyon is not deep, it is a beautiful place to watch wildlife and provides excellent birdwatching in the spring and fall. Also boasts pecked style animal petroglyphs.

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Comanche National Grassland

Outdoors - Other

Forests

The Comanche National Grassland includes over 440, 000 acres in southeastern Colorado. Here, you can explore southeastern Colorado's rich history. Over 1300 visible tracks in the picturesque Picketwire Canyon make it one of the largest documented dinosaur trackways in North America. The natural beauty of Comanche is another draw, with short grass, rugged canyons, and rolling bluffs.

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Picture Canyon

Outdoors - Other

Picture Canyon, located in the Comanche National Grassland in southeastern Colorado, was named for its prehistoric rock art. There is evidence of prehistoric inhabitation of sites in Picture Canyon by Paleo-Indian, Archaic and Post-Archaic cultures, from about 12,000 years ago to 400 years ago. In addition to rock art, there are also carvings in walls that are used to identify the entry into fall and spring equinoxes.

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Pike-San Isabel National Forest

Lake/ River/ Ponds

Forests

Wildlife Sanctuaries

The Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands covers nearly three million acres from western Kansas and Colorado's highest mountain peaks along the Continental Divide. This landscape offers a variety of ecosystems rich in history, geology, scenery, wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities.

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Preston Monument at OK-CO-NM Tripoint

Monuments

The Preston Monument is a stone marker that shows the tri-point (the place where three states meet) of Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico.It is named after Levi S. Preston, who surveyed a portion of the New Mexico–Colorado border.

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Two Buttes Reservoir

Lake/ River/ Ponds

Two Buttes Reservoir is a shrinking man made lake located within the Two Buttes SWA near Two Buttes, Colorado.The 1909 dam is significant for its engineering and as an intact example of a turn-of-the-century earthen dam. The dam was built before machinery with horses, mules and hand labor. Two Buttes State Wildlife Area lies at the foot of the dam.

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