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Campus TourDurango & Four Corners
The rugged San Juan Mountains and red-rocked canyonlands of the Four Corners region draw more than a million visitors a year to Durango. Within an hour's drive are four major reservoirs and dozens of high-country lakes, national parks, and millions of acres of San Juan National Forest.
Durango began as a railroad town in the 1880s to serve the gold and silver mines of the Southwest Colorado Rockies. Today, it retains much of its turn-of-the-century charm in its downtown business district and residential areas surrounding the college.
The downtown area features 15 galleries, movie theater, several museums, historical attractions, and the train depot for the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Mesa Verde offers a unique opportunity to see the structures built by the Anasazi civilization. A collection of cliff dwellings includes simple, one-room berths to villages of more than 200 adobe buildings. The ceremonial houses or kivas reveal thousands of well-preserved artifacts.
You can also engage in outdoor activities such as downhill and cross-country skiing, biking and hiking trails, soaking in hot springs, and boating and kayaking.
Durango is located in the Four Corners region. It's where the San Juan Mountains meet the desert Southwest. The area is surrounded by national forest, parks, mountain reservoirs and rivers.