Trinidad (Colorado)

Home Rule Municipality in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States

Trinidad is a city in Colorado. Formerly home of the famous Prairie Land and Cattle Company, it was one of the towns where travelers raised hell in the Old West.

Get in

By car

Trinidad is on Interstate 25, about 30 minutes north of the New Mexico border.

By air

Santa Fe has a small airport with service to Dallas/Fort Worth and Denver. Denver, Colorado Springs, and Albuquerque each have a larger airport with service by most major carriers. All four airports have standard rental car services.

  • 🌍 Perry Stokes Airport (TAD ). (updated Nov 2019)

By train

Get around

See

  • Cokedale National Historic District. Off Highway 12 west of town along the "Scenic Highway of Legends". This is an intact coal camp, with numbered company houses and old company buildings that were once familiar sights in Southern Colorado. 
  • 🌍 Trinidad History Museum. (updated Nov 2019)
  • 🌍 Baca Pioneer Museum. (updated Nov 2019)
  • 🌍 A.R. Mitchell Memorial Museum of Western Art. (updated Nov 2019)

Do

  • 🌍 Trinidad Lake State Park, 32610 State, ☏ +1 719-846-6951, . 24 hrs. Office: M-Th 8AM-4PM. Because this park is located in the foothills, the scenery is gorgeous and there are plenty of outdoor activities available. Boating, fishing, hiking, wildlife viewing, and camping are just a few of the outdoor things to do. $7/day, Camping:$18-28, plus $10 reservation fee. (updated Feb 2018)
  • Skateland, 424 W. Main, ☏ +1 719 846-2722. A historic building from the early years of roller skating. It underwent a major renovation that modernized its interior while keeping its historic exterior intact. (updated Nov 2015)

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Go next

Routes through Trinidad
Albuquerque ← Raton ←  W  E  → La Junta → Kansas City
Colorado Springs ← Pueblo ←  N  S  → Raton → Santa Fe/Clayton


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