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Las Animas County, Colorado

Latitude 37.169N
Longitude 104.5W

Mountain Standard time zone.

Population: Trinidad, 9078 (2000 Census).

Elevation: 6020 feet.

Area Code: 719
Zip Code: 81082

Climate: Over 300 sunny days a year. Early springs, long falls, mild winters. Summer daytime temps high 70s, in the 80s, or low 90s; nighttime lows in the 50s. Winter temps vary widely from high 60s to sub-freezing. Today’s weather.

Engine 638, the last coal-driven Colorado and Southern R.R. steam engine,
was retired with honors along with a coal car, a passenger car,
and a caboose near City Hall in Trinidad.

Transportation

For a local get-around at modest cost, call 719-845-1127 for a bus to deliver you from the train station to your rental car place or to your hotel—or just to get from one place to another. Tuesday and Wednesday Highway 12 runs; bi-weekly Walsenburg runs. Provided by South Central Council of Governments in Trinidad.

The Trinidad Trolley provides free tours. The trolley departs from City Hall at 135 N. Animas Street and from downtown trolley stops. You may park in the City Hall parking lot or the Safeway lot. For private group reservations winter or summer, call 719-846-9843, x133.

Car Rentals:
J&J Motors: Free car delivery and pickup any day of the week at the Trinidad and Raton airports or the Trinidad Amtrak station and local motels. 1-800-748-2277 or 719-846-3318.

Highways
I-25 runs northbound to Denver and southbound to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM.
Highway 160 runs east to Springfield, CO.
Highway 350 runs northeast to La Junta, CO.
Highway 12, Scenic Highway of Legends, runs west and loops back to Trinidad.

Bus Service
TNOM Coaches (Greyhound), at 639 W. Main, makes connections to the north and south with several daily stops in Trinidad. 719-846-7271.

Railroads
The Burlington Northern/Santa Fe has daily freight service as well as piggyback service.

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief connects Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Trinidad, Kansas City, and Chicago. Amtrak offers complete meals; sandwiches, snacks, & drinks in the lounge car; feature movies; travelogues hospitality hour; journey through time with interpretive guides throughout the tour; Native American guide from Albuquerque to Gallup; sleeping car; dining car; sightseer lounge car; Superliner reserved coach.

On the Southwest Chief route from La Junta, CO, through Trinidad to Albuquerque, NM, Amtrak’s Trails & Rails program features interpretive talks by National Park Service guides. Visit amtrak.com.

Air Service
Las Animas County Perry Stokes Airport, 10 miles northeast of Trinidad, services small planes. Jet fuel is available 24 hours a day, self-service. Hours: 8am-6pm every day. 719-846-6271.

Passenger air service is 130 miles north of Trinidad in Colorado Springs and 210 miles north of Trinidad in Denver. To the south is Albuquerque International Airport, 220 miles from Trinidad.

Current weather conditions at Perry Stokes Airport:
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KTAD.html

Shipping
The Trinidad Post Office is located at 301 E. Main.

UPS has pickup boxes at 401 W. Main, 233 E. Main, and 301 Commercial with last pick-ups at 4pm, Monday thru Friday.

FedEx has pickup boxes for express packages only at 125 N. Commercial and 313 Nevada with the last pickup at 2pm, Monday thru Friday.

The Mail Store at Cedar St. Printing, 123 Cedar St., handles UPS, FedEx, and U.S. mail shipments. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. 719-845-1300.

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Last Modified 4/27/11