Southwest of La Junta are thousands of acres of the Comanche National Grasslands. Mule deer, antelope, elk and whitetails roam this area of vast prairie.

A few whitetails are found along the Purgatoire River on private land.

A vast rolling prairie beside Purgatoire River and Canyon. This area has many side canyons, numerous hills, a broad river valley, bluffs and long arroyos.

Comanche National Grasslands Timpas Unit is between La Junta north and south of US Highway 350, west of Colorado Route 109 and north of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. County and secondary roads lead to thousands of acres on the national grasslands.

Shortgrass prairie with buffalo and blue grama grass, pathces of sandsage, yucca, cactus, some long native grasses on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands and some cottonwoods along creek bottoms.

La Junta in the northeast provides motel, restaurants, gas and medical facilities. Rocky Ford north, along US Highway 50 has gas and small cafés.

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