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Durango AreaFilled with endless recreation opportunities and a rich history, you’ll never have a shortage of unique and fun things to do year round in the Durango Area. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
White Water Rafting
Mesa Verde National Park
Other Unique Archeological SitesWithin about an hour’s drive are the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park and the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument. A little bit further allows you to visit Crow Canyon Archeological Center, the Anasazi Heritage Museum, and Chimney Rock. Fly Fishing
Trimble Spa and Natural Hot Springs
Durango Children's Museum & Durango Discovery Museum
At the Durango Discovery Museum, explore a frontier of new ideas in energy and sustainability to honor theregion's rich history of human innovation from prehistory to the present. The Durango History Museum inspires inventiveness, creativity, social responsibility, and scientific understanding of energy—past, present, and future.
Located at 14th Street and Camino del Rio by the Animas River. Visit http://www.durangodiscovery.org/ for more information. Recreation and Fitness Centers
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Take a ride into the past on the same track miners and cowboys used over a century ago. Winter trains depart from the Main Depot on Main Avenue in Durango or from the convenient Rockwood Station located just 10 miles south of Purgatory Village. Explore the untouched wilderness with a ride to Cascade Canyon through narrow passages, along cliff edges and past pristine waterfalls on the Animas River. Special event trains are also available, including a New Years Eve ride. At either end are museums dedicated to the area’s railroad history. The larger of the two is located in the Durango D&SNGR Roundhouse, with more than 12,000 square feet of mint-condition trains, historic exhibits, collectibles and memorabilia. Visit 
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Durango Rafting Company - Raft through Durango with the entire family on the Animas River. Hear tales of the history of Durango and surrounding areas on 2 and 4 hour professionally guided trips. Kids 8 years of age and younger are FREE! call toll free 877-257-2252 or local 970-259-2252 or visit us on the web at 
One of the Four Corner’s most treasured attractions, Mesa Verde was established in 1906 as one of the first National Parks of its kind. The Park is home to ancient dwellings built by Ancestral Puebloan Indians around 600 A.D. The people who called this area home mysteriously disappeared in 1300 AD. Today, the site has been designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by the United Nations and the #1 Monument in the World by Conde Naste Traveler. It is well preserved so that guests from around the world can tour the ancient dwellings comfortably.
Two mineral-rich therapeutic hot pools for relaxation and rejuvenation, and a heated 50-meter Olympic swimming pool for family fun and lap swimming. Our spacious lawn is perfect for picnics and tanning on sunny mountain days. The Trimble Spa’s 15 therapists offer more than 20 massage and body treatments. The Health and Wellness Program focuses on relaxation and rehabilitation in a friendly atmosphere. We offer a customized program of neuro-muscular rehabilitation consultation and training for injuries, chronic pain and other ailments, combined with a selection of therapeutic massage techniques, tai chi, yoga, and several body treatments that heal, tone, and pamper. Trimble's hot springs are open to the public 8am-10pm weekdays, 9am-11pm weekends during summer, 10am-9pm winters. Spa: 9am-9pm year-round. For more information please call 970-247-0111 or visit 
