Jack Canyon

Jack 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 Jack 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 Jack Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.71696, -103.51828. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Jack Canyon

• Purgatoire River Dinosaur Tracks · attraction · Las Animas · ~16 km · Must-see
• Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~36 km · Must-see
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~46 km · Must-see
• Comanche National Grassland · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~52 km · Must-see
• Fort Lyon · fort · Bent · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~69 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~72 km · Must-see
• David Canyon D Road · fort · Otero · ~7 km
• Dolores Mission · fort · Las Animas · ~13 km
• First Assembly Of God · church · Otero · ~35 km
• Otero Museum · museum · Otero · ~36 km
• The State Bank · fort · Otero · ~38 km
• Prairie Land and Irrigation Number 1 Dam · lake · Otero · ~44 km
• Bent's Old Fort Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~46 km
• Holbrook Dam · lake · Otero · ~49 km
• Worship Center of Rocky Ford · museum · Otero · ~52 km
• Colorado Millennial Site · fort · Baca · ~52 km
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~52 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Jack Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Jack Canyon

• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~72 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~85 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~90 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~108 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~134 km · Must-see
• Fishers Peak · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~135 km · Must-see
• Huerfano Butte · viewpoint · Huerfano · ~144 km · Must-see
• Sierra Grande · viewpoint · Union · ~146 km · Must-see
• Baculite Mesa · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~147 km · Must-see
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~52 km

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