Pike's Stockade
United States historic place in Sanford, Colorado. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Pike's Stockade is a historic exploration campsite located near Sanford, Colorado. Set on the north bank of the Conejos River, it is where explorer Zebulon Pike raised the American flag on Spanish soil in 1807. The site, now managed by Historic Colorado, includes a reconstruction of a wooden stockade, built according to Pike's detailed description of the original. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 4 mi. E of Sanford on CO 136, Sanford vicinity, CO |
| County | Conejos County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000244 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 4 mi. E of Sanford on CO 136, Sanford, CO |
| Coordinates | 37.29364, -105.81052 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve · 36 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Zapata Falls Campground 26 mi · Mogote 28 mi · Aspen Glade (Rio Grande National Forest, Co) 30 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000244. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.