Baker Canyon

Baker Canyon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Baker Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Baker Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.80945, -103.36577. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baker Canyon

• Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~30 km · Must-see
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~33 km · Must-see
• Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks · attraction · Las Animas · ~37 km · Must-see
• Fort Lyon · fort · Bent · ~45 km · Must-see
• Comanche National Grassland · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~53 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~56 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~58 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~65 km · Must-see
• David Canyon D Road · fort · Otero · ~19 km
• First Assembly Of God · church · Otero · ~29 km
• Otero Museum · museum · Otero · ~31 km
• The State Bank · fort · Otero · ~32 km
• Bent's Old Fort Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~33 km
• Dolores Mission · fort · Las Animas · ~34 km
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Bent · ~39 km
• Las Animas Christian Church · church · Bent · ~39 km
• John W. Rawlings Heritage Center · museum · Bent · ~39 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Baker Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Baker Canyon

• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~90 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~93 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~99 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~101 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~134 km · Must-see
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~44 km
• Lone Rock · viewpoint · Baca · ~79 km
• Iron Ridge · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~90 km
• Blue Ridge · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~94 km
• The Hogback · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~98 km

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