About five miles up the gravel Junction Creek Road, you'll come to an overlook area that peers down into the Animas River Valley and looks over at Missionary Ridge. You can continue past here, and you'll quickly come to a gate. Past this gate, you're guaranteed open views of the La Platas and way less traffic (not that there was much to begin with).

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Location: La Plata County, Colorado, United States

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