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The Ute Campground is 17 miles west of Pagosa Springs on U.S. Highway 160 and campground is on north side of the highway.
Ute Campground has 26 campsites on a gentle, south-facing slope. Ponderosa pines give shade, but the area gets very warm
in summer. The hillside above the campground offers excellent views of the pinnacles of Chimney Rock Archaeological Area.
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS
Chimney Rock is four miles south on Colorado Highway 151 with the entrance road to the Visitor Center on your right. Guided
tours are offered in summer by the nonprofit Chimney Rock Interpretive Association. The lower tour is easy to negotiate on a barrier-
free interpretive trail leading to Ancestral Puebloan sites.The mountaintop part of the tour heads steeply uphill to a Chacoanstyle Great House site. Tours are offered from May 15 - Sept. 30. Call 970-883-5359.
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