Pet Friendly Things To Do in La Junta, Colorado

Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840’s adobe fur trading post on the mounta... More on Nps.gov

Junior Ranger program available here, and your children can become a member of 1840s society and learn valu... More on Trekaroo

The museum is unusual in that it was built by a Boy Scout troop under the inspired leadership of our founde... More on familydaysoutusa

The museum is impressive for a small town in the Colorado plains and the show is amazing . More on TripAdvisor

hours(subject to change): Hours are daily (except Sunday) from 1: 00 P. M. to 5: 00 P. M. June 1 through Se... More on MuseumStuff.com

A learning experience for parents and kids alike. More on TripAdvisor

Picket Wire Canyonlands is a trip back in time visiting early homesteads, a mission, and even farther back to dinosaurs. It is a beautiful flat, open area of rimrock, junipers, cactus, grasses, cot... More on Trails

The cliff sides offer interesting views , and the ruins of the Dolores mission /cemetery offers a diversion (and a patch of shade) at about the four-mile mark. More on TripAdvisor

While the nearby Picket Wire Canyonlands offer a stunning contrast to the expansive plains that stretch south of La Junta, considerably smaller Vogel Canyon provides a more intimate break. Graced b... More on Trails

Hiked a 2&1/2 ml. trail specifically to view the petroglyphs. What an awful disgrace! The true ART was marked over with so much graffiti, hardly anything could be deciphered. ... More on TripAdvisor

This park has anything a vert skater could hope to find in a town like La Junta, but maybe not as much street. The skaters around here ... More on ConcreteDisciples.com

Sk8Way Skate Park Colorado Avenue La Junta, Colorado 81050-1500 This is a Site Design Group concrete skatepark that is 16,646 ... More on skateboardpark.com

The site of the 1864 attack on Native American villages by Colorado Territory Militia now exists as a memorial to those killed in the massacre. In the 19th century, the United States' movement west... More on Heritage

THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE Please see PHOTOS & MULTIMEDIA for pictures of the park's recent Dedication Ceremony. For a century and a half the Sand Creek Massacre has continued to be one of our n... More on Nps.gov

Potter Park - It has charming service, beautiful ambiance, posh décor, and a celebrity clientele. Just kidding. Forget all that. Potter Park is your run-of-the-mill deli, so don’t count on much more than accurate change and maybe, ... More on clubzone

For some, the thought of hiking across a nearly featureless prairie within sight of a highway does not sound appealing. For the committed history buff, however, such an excursion can be irresistible, especially if the hike follows ... More on Trails