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About Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

The Southern Ute Museum and Cultural Center is an iconic facility highlighting the Southern Ute people through cultural, historical, and current event exhibits. It’s found in the town of Ignacio, just a thirty minute drive southeast of Durango.The building features contemporary materials reminiscent of traditional structures and fills in missing elements in design awareness across the Western Hemisphere's Indigenous architecture. The museum also houses 1500 artifacts.

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Yellowjacket Pass

Yellowjacket Pass

21.86km from Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

Yellowjacket Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.373m above the sea level, located in Archuleta County, in southwest Colorado, USA. It is one of the scenic route and is famous among the riders.

U.S. 160

U.S. 160

24.2km from Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

U.S. Route 160 in Kansas stretches approximately 461 miles from the Colorado state line near Campo to the Missouri state line near Pittsburg. This major east-west highway traverses through several counties, including Morton, Stanton, Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Ford, Gray, Meade, Clark, Comanche, Barber, Greenwood, Elk, Wilson, Montgomery, and Crawford.

Navajo State Park

Navajo State Park

24.56km from Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

Navajo State Park is a major recreational facility in southwest Colorado, drawing more than 300,000 visitors every year. Its area is 15,000 acres, and it has 150 miles of shoreline in two states. Park activities include boating, houseboating, fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing. There is a New Mexico state park at the southern end of the lake.

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

26.55km from Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train provides historic and entertaining vintage train rides to the public year round. It is a 3 ft narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 mi of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The railway is a federally-designated National Historic Landmark and was also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1968.

Durango Botanic Gardens

Durango Botanic Gardens

26.8km from Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

The Durango Botanic Gardens are located on the Animas River Trail on the north and east sides of the Library. Bring a picnic, sit on the grass, listen to the river, wander the paths and enjoy the ambiance of a Botanic Garden. The Gardens are open 24/7 and are free.

The Powerhouse - Science Center/TinkerLab

The Powerhouse - Science Center/TinkerLab

26.99km from Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum

This is an interactive science center located in Durango, Colorado. The plant was a very early alternating current power plant, the power we use today, meaning the town of Durango had AC powered street lights before many large cities in the East. The renovated Mission-style powerhouse is a state and national historic place. Today, the original boiler room remains intact and serves as the science center's theater.

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La Plata County

La Plata County

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La Plata County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The county is home to Durango Rock Shelters Archeology Site, the type site for the Basketmaker II period of Anasazi culture.

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For more information about Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum, visit: https://www.southernutemuseum.org/