Colorado’s arid southeast is a place of high desert landscapes backed by craggy peaks and flat-topped mesas. Southern Colorado interweaves dramatic vistas, fossilized dinosaur footprints and seas of sand with hardscrabble history, to great effect.
Colorado - Southeast Colorado & the San Luis Valley (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet
Coverage includes: Colorado Springs, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument & Around, Cañon City & the Royal Gorge, Florence, Pueblo, La Veta & the Spanish Peaks, Highway of Legends, Trinidad, Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, Timpas & the Comanche National Grassland, Fort Garland, Great Sand Dunes National Park, San Luis State Park, Alamosa, San Luis, Antonito, Conejos River & the South San Juans, Penitente Canyon, Del Norte, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Westcliffe and Crestone.