Picketwire Valley

Picketwire Valley: 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 Picketwire Valley

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 Picketwire Valley — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.06473, -103.17993. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Picketwire Valley

• Fort Lyon · fort · Bent · ~6 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~22 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~24 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~27 km · Must-see
• Koshare Museum & Trading Post · museum · Otero · ~42 km · Must-see
• Lake Meredith Reservoir · lake · Crowley · ~60 km · Must-see
• John W. Rawlings Heritage Center · museum · Bent · ~4 km
• Las Animas Christian Church · church · Bent · ~5 km
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Bent · ~5 km
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site · fort · Bent · ~11 km
• Bent's Old Fort Historic Site · fort · Otero · ~28 km
• Horse Creek Dam · lake · Otero · ~28 km
• Verhoeff Dam · lake · Bent · ~30 km
• East Holbrook Mennonite Church · church · Otero · ~33 km
• First Assembly Of God · church · Otero · ~41 km
• The State Bank · fort · Otero · ~41 km
• Otero Museum · museum · Otero · ~42 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Picketwire Valley

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Picketwire Valley

• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~90 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~131 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~138 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~138 km · Must-see
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~66 km
• Kim Hill · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~72 km
• Black Hills · viewpoint · Crowley · ~72 km
• Lone Rock · viewpoint · Baca · ~104 km
• Iron Ridge · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~115 km
• Blue Ridge · viewpoint · Pueblo · ~118 km

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