
La Garita serves as the primary focal point of this high-altitude landscape, where the irrigation architecture of the San Luis Valley is on clear display. A complex network of water management features, including the Rio Grande Canal, Main Canal, and Farmers Union Canal, illustrates the region's reliance on diverted water for agriculture. These man-made channels intersect the natural drainages of Carnero Creek and La Garita Creek as they flow eastward from the rising terrain toward the valley floor.
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1915 · Del Norte
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1917 · Del Norte
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1945 · Durango
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1953 · Durango
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Durango
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Durango
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1963 · Durango
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1964 · Sevenmile Plaza
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Durango
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1966 · Del Norte
USGS Topo · 1:24,000