Indian Grove (Mosca, Colorado)

Indian Grove
Nearest city Mosca, Colorado
Area 38.4 acres (15.5 ha)
NRHP reference # 00000237[1]
Added to NRHP March 24, 2000

Indian Grove is an archaeological site consisting of a grove of 72 mature Ponderosa Pine trees located within Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Saguache County, Colorado, near Mosca, Colorado. The grove is of interest because sections of the bark of the trees were peeled off in the early 19th century, probably by Utes.[2]

Indian Grove Back-Country Campsite, located within the grove, is one of six back-country campsites on the Sand Ramp Trail, a hiking trail that skirts the dune field on the east and north giving access to the northern portion of the National Park and Preserve along Sand Creek.[3] The camp site hss a solar-composting toilet.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Information on Colorado Historical Society The Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation webpage
  3. ↑ Indian Grove Back-Country Campsite accessed July 16, 2010
  4. ↑ Hiking and Backpacking, accessed July 16, 2010

Coordinates: 37°47′18″N 105°30′35″W / 37.7882°N 105.5097°W / 37.7882; -105.5097

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