Vogel Canyon Picnic Site

Geologically scenic Vogel Canyon is a tributary of the Purgatorie River Drainage. Four hiking trails take you to the canyon bottom and mesa top, while walking through shortgrass prairie and juniper trees. During the 1870's, a spur off the Santa Fe Trail (Las Animas to Trinidad) was developed by the Barlow and Sanderson Mail and Stage Line. Sections of the stage coach road and ruins of the station can still be found. Settled during the depression era, stone walled ruins from the Westbrook homestead still stand.