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Hovenweep
© 2001 Larry Martin |
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The
San Juan River, teeming with battling rainbow and brown
trout, is only one of the fascinations that abound in
the Four Corners. Not far from your private river access
at Soaring Eagle Lodge are world-class cultural and
recreational treasures found nowhere else in the contiguous
forty-eight states.
- Ancient
Pueblan Indian ruins dating to 900 A.D. are scattered
across private and public lands throughout the region.
Among the latter are Chaco Canyon and its hundreds
of outliers, Mesa Verde, Hovenweep, Canyon de Chelly
and the Crow Canyon Archeological Center.
- The
rugged San Juan Mountains in Colorado from which the
river springs are a crossroads for for hikers, climbers,
skiers, mountain bikers and outdoor recreationists
of all persuasions.
- Nearby
Shiprock and Dulce are population centers of the Navajo
and Jicarilla Apache tribes, respectively.
- Farmington
is the regional trading post for the Four Corners
and an outlet for native American arts and crafts.
- Durango
and Chama offer old-fashioned steam engine railroad
tours that explore vastly different landscapes over
the mountain passes in Colorado and northern New Mexico.
Farther
away, but still within striking distance, are Taos,
Santa Fe, Telluride, Moab and the natural wonderlands
of southeast Utah such as Arches National Monument,
the subject of Edward Abbey's unique journal, Desert
Solitaire.
For
information about other things to do while you're in
the Four Corners, visit these links.
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