Goodnight's Lonesome Dove

Months' worth of activities are among the spectacular landscapes around Goodnight's Lonesome Dove's Colorado setting, from mountaineering to old railway rides. The Rockies run for over 3,000 miles from Canada all the way to New Mexico, through landscapes of forest, national parks and lakes popular for outdoor activities like hiking, mountaineering, fishing, hunting, mountain biking, skiing and snowboarding. The scenic rides of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are an option for a gentler afternoon out, running through the San Juan peaks on one of the area's last surviving narrow gauge railroads. A museum is at its main station in Durango. The 4,000 or so Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites and spectacular scenery of the Mesa Verde National Park are more top options in the area, particularly the 150 rooms of its main structure and giant cliff dwelling Cliff Palace. Other sites recommended by the Lonesome Dove team are the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the Colorado Gators Reptile Park, the Clear Creek Falls and the displays and equipment of the Creede Underground Mining Museum.