Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
A wagon wheel was found stuck in the mud and the “place where the wagon wheel was found” was later named Wagon Wheel Gap.
Colorado's upper Rio Grande River, from the Rio Grande Reservoir above Creede through Wagon Wheel Gap and South Fork to Del Norte is "a high-country angler's paradise...an undiscovered paradise," according to American Angler, the magazine of fly fishing and fly tying.
The Rio Grande is a Trout Angler's Paradise near Creede Colorado.
Farming began at Wagon Wheel Gap as early as 1840 by western settlers.
This Interpretive facility is situated as a rest stop on the Silverthread Scenic Byway. It offers ample graveled parking lot, and interpretive signs explaining the Gap Geology and how it was named. It is not handicap accessible. There is also a small gravel boat launching ramp for rafts and small fishing boats to use on the river.
Public Access to wade fishing for trout from the parking lot.
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A wagon wheel was found stuck in the mud and the “place where the wagon wheel was found” was later named Wagon Wheel Gap.
Colorado's upper Rio Grande River, from the Rio Grande Reservoir above Creede through Wagon Wheel Gap and South Fork to Del Norte is "a high-country angler's paradise...an undiscovered paradise," according to American Angler, the magazine of fly fishing and fly tying.
The Rio Grande is a Trout Angler's Paradise near Creede Colorado.
Farming began at Wagon Wheel Gap as early as 1840 by western settlers.
This Interpretive facility is situated as a rest stop on the Silverthread Scenic Byway. It offers ample graveled parking lot, and interpretive signs explaining the Gap Geology and how it was named. It is not handicap accessible. There is also a small gravel boat launching ramp for rafts and small fishing boats to use on the river.
Public Access to wade fishing for trout from the parking lot.
nmosg.com
