Nearest city Mosca, Colorado Address Mosca, CO 81146, USA Added to NRHP 24 March 2000 | NRHP Reference # 00000237 Area 16 ha Management National Park Service | |
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Similar Pinyon Flats Campgro, Great Sand Dune Oasis, Great Sand Dunes Lodge, Sand Creek, Buck Creek | ||
Indian Grove is an archaeological site consisting of a grove of 72 mature Ponderosa Pine trees located within Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Saguache County, Colorado, near Mosca, Colorado. The grove is of interest because sections of the bark of the trees were peeled off in the early 19th century, probably by Utes.
Indian Grove Back-Country Campsite, located within the grove, is one of six back-country campsites on the Sand Ramp Trail, a hiking trail that skirts the dune field on the east and north giving access to the northern portion of the National Park and Preserve along Sand Creek. The camp site hss a solar-composting toilet.
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