Weston is a minuscule village located on the Highway of Legends Byway about 30 minutes west of Trinidad. The census-designated place (CDP) had a population of only 55 residents in 2010.
The community is unincorporated and resides in Las Animas County, which borders New Mexico in southern Colorado. There is a U.S. Post Office in town, which several nearby communities share the zip code of 81091. It has been mailing letters since 1889.
A. J. Weston, a pioneer who was around during the founding gave the town its name. Weston sits in the Purgatoire River Valley, surrounded by Mother Nature at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
Recreation
Camping: Read about the camping near Trinidad, Walsenburg and La Veta.
Accommodations
Activities near Weston
Federal Lands:
Public Parks:
- Monument Lake Resort (16mi)
Scenic Drives:
State Parks:
- Trinidad Lake State Park (24mi)
State Wildlife Areas:
- Bosque del Oso SWA (6mi)
- North Lake SWA (19mi)
Towns:
- Aguilar (42mi)
- Branson (72mi)
- Cokedale (14mi)
- Cuchara (32mi)
- Kim (93mi)
- La Veta (43mi)
- Ludlow (35mi)
- Monument Park (16mi)
- Segundo (7mi)
- Starkville (22mi)
- Stonewall (10mi)
- Trinidad (22mi)
- Walsenburg (59mi)
