Paint Mines, Colorado

[DM Larson]

Paint Mines is about 40 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Paint Mines, Colorado by Daniel Larson, on Flickr

Paint Mines, Colorado by Daniel Larson, on Flickr

Paint Mines, Colorado by Daniel Larson, on Flickr

Paint Mines, Colorado by Daniel Larson, on Flickr

Paint Mines, Colorado by Daniel Larson, on Flickr

 

[WesternGuy]

Very nice. I was just in Colorado Springs and vicinity about a month ago and no one told me about this place - Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak - yes, but not this place. Looks like a very interesting place to visit on my next trip - a bit of an emerging badlands.

WesternGuy

 

[baturn]

Really nice! And, lucky me! Another place to put on my bucket list.

 

[DM Larson]

Very nice. I was just in Colorado Springs and vicinity about a month ago and no one told me about this place - Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak - yes, but not this place. Looks like a very interesting place to visit on my next trip - a bit of an emerging badlands.

WesternGuy

Yes it is an emerging badlands in the middle of a prairie. I think that this place is relatively unknown as I've heard comments like yours from other people who live in or often visit Colorado Springs. It's a small place but very colorful and well worth a visit. Native Americans used to come here for centuries to mine the clays from which they would make ceremonial paints or dyes for their pottery.

 

[WesternGuy]

Very nice. I was just in Colorado Springs and vicinity about a month ago and no one told me about this place - Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak - yes, but not this place. Looks like a very interesting place to visit on my next trip - a bit of an emerging badlands.

WesternGuy

Yes it is an emerging badlands in the middle of a prairie. I think that this place is relatively unknown as I've heard comments like yours from other people who live in or often visit Colorado Springs. It's a small place but very colorful and well worth a visit. Native Americans used to come here for centuries to mine the clays from which they would make ceremonial paints or dyes for their pottery.

Thanks. This is definitely going on my bucket list.

WesternGuy