Chimney Rock
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Visiting Chimney Rock Colorado
The Chimney Rock Colorado Visitors Center is in the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area and National Historic Site between the towns of Durango, Colorado and Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The Chimney Rock Visitor's center is open between May 15 and September 30, from 9am to 4:30 pm.
Chimney Rock visitor facilities include vehicle access and parking, a visitor station, interpretive signage, and toilets to accommodate the 15,000 visitors who come to Chimney Rock Colorado each season. There are also picnic tables and bottled water available.
Guided tours of Chimney Rock Colorado, lasting between 2 and 2 ½ hours, are conducted daily in-season at 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 1pm and 2pm. The tour consists of the Great Kiva Trail Loop and the Pueblo Trail and is approximately one mile walking, including a 200 foot climb on the Pueblo Trail. The Great Kiva Trail Loop is paved and barrier free. The Pueblo Trail is not paved, UNIMPROVED, stone and gravel.
The high mesa of Chimney Rock holds 16 individual sites, 14 of which are residential. Four of these sites have been excavated and stabilized and are visited on the tour. The sites visited are the Great Kiva and Pit House on The Great Kiva Trail and Ridge House and Great House Pueblo on the Pueblo Trail. Other sites have been excavated and studied, then reburied to protect them and the valuable information they hold.
For more information call: (970)883-5359 Chimney Rock Colorado Visitor's Cabin In-season or (970)264-2287 Leave Message Off-season.