TIPS FOR VISITORS

How to get to Sand Creek From LAX, American, United, Delta, Frontier and Southwest offer nonstop service to Denver, and Southwest, United, Delta, Virgin America and American offer connecting service (change of planes). Restricted round-trip airfare from $218, including taxes and fees. Denver International Airport is 166 miles from Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. From Denver, take Interstate 70 east to Limon; from Limon, take Highway 287 south to Eads. Sand Creek is 24 miles east of Eads, on Colorado 96 to County Road 54. Best time to visit

The park is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. year-round except for major holidays. Open daily April 1-Nov. 30; open Mondays-Fridays Dec. 1– March 31. Rangers conduct 15minute talks at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Spring and fall are the best seasons to visit; summer temperatures can top 100 and winter temperatures can drop to 30 degrees. The wind is a constant at Sand Creek, so expect sand and dust. For more information, go to www.nps.gov/sand Besides the on-site visitor’s center,, the National Park Service has an office at 901 Wansted St., Eads ([719] 438-5916 or [719] 729-3003). Sleep Cobblestone Inn & Suites, 501 East Lowell Ave., Eads; (719) 4382021, www.staycobblestone.com/co/ eads/. Clean and comfortable, plus complimentary breakfast. Doubles from $110. Eat JJ’s Restaurant, 505 E.15th St., Eads; (719) 438-2002. A short-order diner with daily specials, sandwiches and pie. Open 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Closed Sundays. Windmill Saloon, 40549 E. 15th St., Eads; (719) 438-2226. Drinks and bar food (burritos, burgers) from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Closed Sundays. Cinnamon Joe, 911 Wansted St., Eads; (719) 438-5633. Good coffee and lunch fare. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m Mondays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. Closed Mondays in winter. To do The Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center was established in 2006 to bring special programs to Eads. The center has preserved the Plains Theater, which features a summertime schedule of weekend movies.. For information, go to www.plainstheater.com/about-us .html. More info For details about the massacre, “The Sand Creek Massacre,” by Stan Hoig (University of Oklahoma Press). For details about the establishment of the national site, “A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek,” by Ari Kelman (Harvard University Press). For an interpretation of why the massacre occurred, “Massacre at Sand Creek: How Methodists Were Involved in an American Tragedy,” by Gary Roberts (Abingdon Press).