Cucharas River

Cucharas River is a 75-mile-long (121 km)[2] tributary of the Huerfano River that flows from a source in Huerfano County, Colorado, southwest of the Spanish Peaks in San Isabel National Forest. The river passes through La Veta and Walsenburg before joining the Huerfano River in Pueblo County.

This article is about the river. For other places in Colorado, see Cuchara.
Cucharas River[1]
The river in Walsenburg.
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates37°20′23″N 105°05′36″W
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with Huerfano
 • coordinates
37°54′58″N 104°31′56″W
 • elevation
5,121 ft (1,561 m)
Basin features
ProgressionHuerfano—Arkansas—Mississippi

Cucharas Canyon

Northeast of Walsenburg, the river creates a deep, wild canyon called Cucharas Canyon.[3] Much of the land in and adjacent to the canyon was purchased by the Bureau of Land Management in 1998 and is open to the public for recreational activities such as hiking, horseback riding, and hunting. Access to the canyon is via county roads, with trailheads on either side. There are few visitors, and opportunities for solitude are abundant.[4]

A view from the canyon's east rim, looking southwest towards the Spanish Peaks.

See also

References
  1. "Cucharas River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 31, 2011
  3. "Protecting #BLMWild Places in Eastern Colorado". BLM Wild. Medium.com. 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  4. Sztukowski, John (2015-03-01). "Lands with Wilderness Characteristics: Cucharas Canyon" (PDF). Wild Connections. Retrieved 2019-04-29.


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