Adventure Awaits!

Ninety-six percent (96%) of the land area of Mineral County is publicly held, mostly in the Rio Grande and San Juan National Forests. There are also two wilderness areas, the La Garita and the Weminuche, and state wildlife areas as well. Mineral County is a vast recreation area with extraordinary public access. Roughly 900 square miles of mountains, forests, valleys, and canyons allow an incredible array of outdoor activities all year long. Moose, elk, bighorn sheep, deer,bear, cougar, lynx, bobcat, beaver, and smaller mammals, waterfowl, birds and aquatic life are abundant.