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Comanche National Grasslands

Protected area in southeast Colorado

Photo: Peter Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Overview

The Comanche National Grassland is in the southeasternmost part of Colorado's Eastern Plains. The Comanche National Grassland has a lot to offer for wilderness backpacking, camping, and horseback-riding enthusiasts. There are a handful of great, well-marked canyon hikes, in addition to virtually limitless possibilities for off-the-trail wandering through the prairie.

Sights and activities

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Carrizo Canyon
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Picture Canyon
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Apishapa Canyon
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Picketwire Canyon
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Withers Canyon
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Vogel Canyon
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Sierra Vista Trail
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Withers Canyon
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Where to eat, drink and stay

Eat1 place

Pritchett Cafe$3-10
A small cowboy cafe in a small grain elevator town in the middle of the Carrizo Unit. Burgers and steaks dominate the short menu, freedom fries provide the patriotism, and the pies are fantastic. A friendly little spot. Next door is a small gift shop.
Price
$3-10
Directions
Right on CO-160/Randolph St

Drink1 place

Campo Cafe
Campo Cafe is a great place for breakfast and lunch. Not open for dinner and closed on Sunday. There is also a BBQ place next door open at nights Th-Sa nights.
Hours
Mon-Sat

Getting there and around

Getting there

It's hard to imagine anyone arriving to the Comanche National Grassland in any form of transport other than a personal car, which will also be pretty necessary to get around to the various trailheads.

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Getting around

The dirt roads throughout Comanche are surprisingly well maintained, and should be perfectly accessible to low-clearance vehicles.

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Airports and nearby hotels

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Pueblo Memorial Airport

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UnderstandColorado's National Grasslands are far off the beaten tourist track, usually not even on most travellers' lists of places to see.

Get inIt's hard to imagine anyone arriving to the Comanche National Grassland in any form of transport other than a personal car, which will also be pretty necessary to get around to the various trailheads.

Fees and permitsThere are not a lot of fees or permits required out in these parts. Despite this, however, the camping sites and hiking trails are clean and remarkably well looked after. No admissions, no camping fees.

Get aroundThe dirt roads throughout Comanche are surprisingly well maintained, and should be perfectly accessible to low-clearance vehicles.

SeeComanche isn't so much a sight-seeing destination, and the few "attractions" are right on the main hikes.

EatThere is a tiny town or two around Comanche, and while most meals will probably be ones you pack in your car, you can get a great hot meal in Pritchett.

SleepThere are definitely no hotels in the Comanche. The nearest places to stay are in La Junta and Springfield, although there are many more options back by Highway 25, near Trinidad for example.

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Comanche National Grasslands" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photo: Peter Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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