Dove Creek

Dove Creek is a small isolated town of about 400 just ten miles from the Colorado/Utah border in the southwest area of Colorado. At almost 7,000 feet Dove Creek sits in a small valley that waters to the agricultural crops to the south and west of the town. The place is known as the "Pinto Bean Capital of the World". On the eastern edge of the town is the Adobe Milling company processing and acting as a marketing hub for the locally-grown beans and southwest foods grown around Dove Creek.

Dove Creek flows eventually flows towards Utah and makes its way to the San Juan River.

The plateau was also inhabited by the ancient Anazazi Indians and there are prehistoric villages not far from town such as Hovenweep National Monument. The town of Cortez to the south is probably the best place to get groceries and buy or rent equipment. Basically, to get to anywhere around Dove Creek it is going to be a drive. The actual creek known as Dove Creek eventually flows towards Utah and meets the San Juan River. This system and area and its trails have been used for farming, water and trade since ancient times.

The farms and ranches of the area are very spread out and there is a lot of uninhabited desert land especially to the west towards Utah. There are homes for sale anywhere on average from 200,000--400,000, so homes are not amazingly cheap here but you can get a lot of land for your buck.