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Baca National Wildlife Refuge Sangre De Cristo Mountains Colorado
Sunset over Sangre de Cristos and Baca NWR. Photo: Nick Hall

Baca National Wildlife Refuge – Crestone

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Situated on 92,500 acres in the San Luis Valley, Baca is a massive national wildlife refuge. It’s located in Crestone at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

The Baca National Wildlife Refuge is not currently open to the public. Two other refuges exist in the San Luis Valley, the Alamosa and Monte Vista, both of which are open year round to the public.

National Wildlife Refuge in Saguache Co.

This diverse wildlife refuge is comprised of multiple high elevation ecosystems. The high desert environment has riparian corridors, playa wetlands, wet meadows, marshes, shrublands and grasslands.

In addition to being a protected shelter, breeding and feeding grounds for native wildlife and migratory birds, it also preserves the habitat and water of the northern San Luis Valley. For more than 12,000 years humans have used the area, and refuge protects that archeology, as while as that of the famous Baca Grant Ranch.

The Baca Refuge is surrounded by three mountain ranges in a high desert basin: the Saguache to the north, the San Juan to the west, and the Sangre de Cristo to the east. The San Luis Valley resides at 7,800 feet above sea level, stretching more than 100 miles north to south and 50 miles east to west.

Baca National Wildlife Refuge Rainbow
Rainbow over Baca NWR. Photo: waterwatchalliance.us

Details

Address: Crestone, CO

Phone: 719-589-4021

Season: not open to public

Map: Baca NWR (jpg)

Established: 2003

Size: 92,500 acres

Website: fws.gov/refuge/baca

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