The City of Hesperus, CO
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Hesperus is a small town in the state of Colorado. The largest nearby city to Hesperus is Farmington, approximately 23 miles from the city center.There are several family restaurants in or near Hesperus, including Kennebec Cafe & Bakery, Anything Goes Cuisine, Hamburger Haven, Absolute Bakery & Cafe and Mancos Pizza CO. For a larger selection of Hesperus restaurants select our Restaurants tab above. Visitors and residents can enjoy nearby Hesperus Golf Courses, National Parks and/or Museums, including the Sheraton Tamarron Resort At Durango, Hidden Valley Country Club, Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Aztec Ruins National Monument and Mesa Verde National Park. For a more complete list of attractions in or around the city of Hesperus please click on the Attractions tab above. The following 3 airports are located in or near Hesperus:
- Cortez Montezuma County Airport (CEZ)
- Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO)
- Farmington Four Corners Regional Airport (FMN)
Hesperus, Colorado Climate and Weather
Current Weather in Hesperus
In the month of December, Hesperus experiences an average high temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Low temperaturs in December are usually about 19 degrees with an average rainfall of 1.33 inches. The seasonal climate varies in Hesperus with daytime temperatures averaging 80 degrees in the summer, and 40 degrees in the winter months. Visitors can also expect Hesperus to receive an average of 1.57 inches of rainfall per/month during winter months and 1.76 inches of rainfall per/month in the summer months. The temperature has been known to get as high as 100 degrees in the summer and as low as -20 degrees in the winter so visitors planning a vacation to Hesperus should check the weather forecast to determine proper attire prior to departure. Spring and Fall bring average daytime temperatures of 59 degrees, and nighttime lows of 35.
Hesperus, Colorado Attractions
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Aztec Ruins National Monument - , Aztec, The Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico, located close to the town of Aztec and northeast of Farmington, near the Animas River. Salmon Ruins and Heritage Park, with more ancestral Pueblo structures, lies a short distance to the south, just west of Bloomfield near the San Juan River. The buildings date back to the 11th to 13th centuries, and the misnomer attributing them to the Aztec civilization can be traced back to early American settlers in the mid-19th century.
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Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - Durango, The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railroad that operates 45 miles of 36-inch track between Durango and Silverton, in the US state of Colorado. The railway is a federally designated National Historic Landmark and is also designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Hidden Valley Country Club - , Aztec, The Hidden Valley Country Club is an 18 hole public golf course in San Juan County New Mexico. Built in 2001, this Aztec course is open all year. Tee times are accepted up to 1 days in advance and the pro shop phone number for reservations is 505-334-2021. The golf course dress code is as follows: Collared shirt, no cutoffs, denim OK.
Address: 29 County Rd 3025, Aztec, NM 87410
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Mesa Verde National Park - Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. It was created in 1906 to protect some of the best preserved cliff dwellings in the world. The park occupies 81.4 square miles near the Four Corners and features numerous ruins of homes and villages built by the Ancestral Puebloan people, sometimes called the Anasazi. The Ancestral Puebloans made these stone villages their home in the 13th century, however, the first Ancestral Puebloans settled in Mesa Verde over 600 years before the cliff dwellings were ever built.
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Riverview Golf Course - , Kirtland, The Riverview Golf Course is an 18 hole public golf course in San Juan County New Mexico. Built in 1958, this Kirtland course is open all year. Tee times are accepted by calling the pro shop at 505-598-0140. The golf course dress code is as follows: Shirt and shoes required.
Address: Hillcrest Rd, Kirtland, NM 87417
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Salmon Ruins - , Farmington, Salmon Ruins is a site in the far northwest of the American state of New Mexico hosting a Chacoan Anasazi great house built between about 1088 CE and 1100 CE. The complex contained around 150 ground-level rooms arranged into a D-shaped profile; up to 100 second-floor rooms are estimated to have sat atop them. The complex was remodeled before being abandoned in the late 13th century. The pueblo is situated on the north bank of the San Juan River, just to the west of the town of Bloomfield, New Mexico, and about 45 miles north of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon.
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Sheraton Tamarron Resort At Durango - Durango, The Sheraton Tamarron Resort At Durango is an 18 hole resort golf course in La Plata County Colorado. This course is located in the city of Durango, . Tee times are accepted up to 7 days in advance and the pro shop phone number for reservations is 970-259-2000.
Address: 40292 Hwy 550, Durango, CO 81301
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Hesperus, Colorado Restaurants
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