LAND'S END AREA HISTORIC RANGER OBSERVATORY
"Wow, I can't believe this
view!" is something you'll hear a lot when you're at the
edge of the world at Land's End Observatory. A visitor can
see from Utah to central Colorado without turning their
head. 5,000 feet below, the Gunnison River Canyon cuts
through the Colorado Plateau to create an environment that
has supported man for thousands of years.
Use the Land's End Panorama display to verify your estimates
of distances to Mt. Sneffels in the San Juan Range, the La
Sal Mountains above Moab, and Lone Cone above Norwood.
Visit the Historic Land's End Ranger Observatory and ask the
staff to point out where the 1999 Land's End Archeological
Excavation took place which revealed 8,000 years of human
occupation.
And you can travel down into the Gunnison River Valley via
the serpentine Land's End Road, which is a narrow, curvy,
dirt road, for vehicles under 21 ft. in length.
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View five different mountain ranges,
three rivers and two canyons!
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Off to Land's End
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Lands End Observatory,
CO
This spur of the byway ends at the
spectacular views around the Lands End Observatory. This
structure, which is listed on the register of historic
sites,
was built in the 1930s as a Public Works project. It is
perched on the edge of Grand Mesa with views of the valley
6000 feet below and the La Sal Mountains in Utah to the
west.
Quick Facts
Location: Located on Forest Service Road 122 along the
byway
N 39.025°
W 108.224°