On the way to Lamar:
Fowler Historical Society Museum, Thursday 9-4 PM, Friday 1-4 PM, Free
The exhibits in the museum will give you a brief description of the land: as the Indians knew it; of prairie and rivers and canyons; where the natives chipped their spear points in order to secure food, where they wrote their histories, drew their maps, painted and drew pictures of everyday life and their beliefs on the rock walls.
Rocky Ford Museum, Free,
Follow the history of Rocky Ford from its founding through the 20th century. Featured exhibits include a history of the Arkansas Valley Fair, and agricultural history highlighting the world famous melons and beet sugar industry.
Koshare Indian Museum in La Junta
Adults - $4.00 Students and Seniors - $3.00 Children - Free
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Located 8 miles east of La Junta on Hwy 194, the Fort is open for self guided tours daily from 9:00–4:00 with guided tours daily at 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Cost $3.
Koshare Indian Museum, Open 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Adults - $4.00 Students and Seniors - $3.00 Children - Free
Old Trail Art Gallery 560 Bent Ave., Las Animas
John Martin Reservoir State Park. Park Pass Required
John Martin Reservoir Army Corps of Engineers Visitors Center, Open 1:00 - 4:30 p.m., Free. Dinosaur exhibit. The tracks are from the Iguanodon dinosaur that lived around 95 million years ago. The John Martin tracks are located on what Dr. Martin Lockley refers to as the "dinosaur freeway" which followed the inland sea of that period. The exhibit has been designed by the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park. The tracks are those found at several sites in 2003 exposed by low water levels due to drought conditions.
Kiowa Creek Natural Area at Jackson’s Pond Tour 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Thursday or Sunday, Free. See how this community has cooperated to save their natural area and wetland for birds, and still develop. Must pre-register – call 719-438-2200.
Big Timbers Museum in Lamar, 1-4 PM, 7 days per week, $3.00