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Welcome to Alamosa County.

Communities:  Alamosa, Hooper 

Set your course for Alamosa, Colorado, and gear up for the fun that awaits you in every direction.  Whether you choose to scale the Great Sand Dunes, or bask in a soothing hot spring,  you'll find year-round adventure under clear, sunny skies.  Make Alamosa your base camp for exploring the San Luis Valley and its surrounding mountain ranges.  Centrally located in the world's highest and largest Alpine valley, Alamosa offers plentiful lodging, dining, and shopping options.

Start each day in Alamosa--breakfast burritos are a local specialty -- and plan an excursion that suits your mood.  Perhaps a relaxing museum tour one day, an adrenalin-pumping mountain bike ride the next.  Whether you stay the night, or a week, there will always be more to do on your next visit to Alamosa.  Our history  is rich and diverse; our wilderness, pristine; and our people, welcoming.  

Founded on the Rio Grande in 1878, Alamosa boomed with the expansion of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in the early 20th century.  Still the heart of a rich agricultural area, Alamosa offers all the amenities and intimacy of a small community's downtown.  You'll find cafes and restaurants, art galleries, antique and gift stores, crafts, books, clothing and more.  It's a short walk from downtown restaurants to Cole Park and the River Path, where you might stroll after dinner along the placid Rio Grande under towering cottonwood trees.  The same trails are also favored by bicyclists, as well as the amateur and world-class runners who train in Alamosa.

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Rio Grande Railroad-Tourist         Sand Dunes National Park

Train -- La Veta-Alamosa

 

Learn More About Other Regions in Colorado's Frontier:
   Upper Arkansas
   Lower Arkansas
   North Front Range

   South Front Range
   San Luis Valley

Activities
Calendar of Events

 

July 28th - How to Catch a Trout Seminar
Learn how to catch, clean and cook a trout, there will also be door prizes!

 

August 7th - Royal Gorge Bridge & Park Celtic Weekend
Event will run August 7th & 8th. Performances by Mondragon.

 

August 13th - Arkansas Valley Fair
The Oldest Continuous Fair in the State of Colorado celebrating our 133rd annual event August 11-1...

 

August 13th - Mushroom Foray
Come and be dazzled by Roger Dawson "Marvelous Mushroom Man" on a journy through the beautiful and...

 

August 21st - Rhythm's on the Rio
Music Fest in South Fork

 

September 4th - Early Iron Festival
One of Colorado's largest vintage car shows, music and food along the banks of the Rio Grande.

 

September 4th - Royal Gorge Bridge & Park Mountain Man Rendezvous
Event runs September 4th through 6th. Take a trip back in time when mountain men and women would ...

 

September 5th - Early Iron Festival
One of Colorado's largest vintage car shows, music and food along the banks of the Rio Grande.

 

September 17th - Royal Gorge Bridge & Park Go Fast Games
Event will run September 17th through 19th. It's a sight unlike any other-these games feature B.A....
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