Nearby Attractions
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There are some nearby areas that are related to the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. The areas have interpretive sites or they pass through the trail. Connecting National Historic Trails (National Trail System) include: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail at www.nps.gov/elca Old Spanish National Historic Trail at www.nps.gov/olsp NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) areas: Colorado Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado, at www.nps.gov/beol Kansas Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas, at www.nps.gov/fols Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, at www.nps.gov/tapr Missouri Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Missouri, at www.nps.gov/hstr New Mexico Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico, at www.nps.gov/foun Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico, at www.nps.gov/peco USDA FOREST SERVICE (USFS) areas: Colorado Comanche National Grassland, Colorado, at www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/coma/index.shtml The Comanche National Grassland has several Santa Fe Trail-related sites. Learn more at: www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/recreation/trails/coma_santafe.shtml Kansas Cimarron National Grassland, Kansas, at www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/cim The Cimarron National Grassland contains a Companion Trail for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. Learn more at: www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/recreation/trails/cim_companion.shtml New Mexico Kiowa National Grassland, New Mexico, at www.fs.fed.us/r3/cibola/districts/kiowa.shtml Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico at www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/ BUREAU of LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) areas: Colorado Royal Gorge Field Office, Canon City, Colorado at www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/rgfo.html New Mexico Taos Field Office (various counties), New Mexico at www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/fo/Taos_Field_Office.html US ARMY & ARMY CORPS of ENGINEERS (ACE) areas: Colorado Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Fort Carson (US Army), Colorado at www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/pinon-canyon.htm John Martin Reservoir (ACE), Hasty, Colorado at http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/projects.cfm?Id=L408510 Kansas Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation (US Army Combined Arms Center), Leavenworth, Kansas at http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/ Perry Lake Reservoir (ACE), Perry, Kansas at www.nwk.usace.army.mil/pe/ |
Did You Know?
In February 1880, the first railroad steam engine reached Santa Fe, ending nearly 60 years of overland use of the historic Santa Fe Trail.