Godwin Canyon

Godwin 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 Godwin 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 Godwin Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.72585, -103.48855. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Godwin Canyon

• Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks · attraction · Las Animas · ~19 km · Must-see
• Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~35 km · Must-see
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~44 km · Must-see
• Comanche National Grassland · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~51 km · Must-see
• Fort Lyon · fort · Bent · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~69 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~74 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~74 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~74 km · Must-see
• David Canyon D Road · fort · Otero · ~7 km
• Dolores Mission · fort · Las Animas · ~16 km
• First Assembly Of God · church · Otero · ~34 km
• Otero Museum · museum · Otero · ~35 km
• The State Bank · fort · Otero · ~37 km
• Bent's Old Fort Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~44 km
• Prairie Land and Irrigation Number 1 Dam · lake · Otero · ~46 km
• Holbrook Dam · lake · Otero · ~48 km
• Colorado Millennial Site · fort · Baca · ~49 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Godwin Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Godwin Canyon

• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~74 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~87 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~91 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~104 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~133 km · Must-see
• Fishers Peak · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~138 km · Must-see
• Huerfano Butte · viewpoint · Huerfano · ~147 km · Must-see
• Sierra Grande · viewpoint · Union · ~148 km · Must-see
• Baculite Mesa · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~149 km · Must-see
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~50 km

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