27882 Frontage Rd
La Junta, CO 81050

OPPORTUNITY ZONE!!!! This well kept Econo Lodge ( and still being remodeled) is located in the City of La Junta, Otero County, which is located in Southeastern Colorado, about 60 miles east of Pueblo. Econo Lodge is a 2-minute drive from Otero Museum and 6 minutes from Koshare Indian Museum. This hotel is 6.5 mi (10.5 km) from La Junta Municipal Golf Course and 9.5 mi (15.3 km) from Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. La Junta has for more than a hundred years formed a junction for commercial, agricultural, and ranching ventures. Before that La Junta was the junction where the Santa Fe Trail branched south to New Mexico, while a lesser route continued west to Pueblo and beyond. The Santa Fe Trail was one of the nation's first great trade routes. La Junta sits on the south bank of the Arkansas River with the majestic Colorado mountains to the west, but this is rolling prairie land. La Junta has a regional medical center and specialty clinics, retirement communities, K-12 school system and the Otero Junior College. The college hosts a number of technical certificate programs, a well-regarded nursing program, and a law enforcement academy. The City hosts a number of light industries and an airport in an industrial park north of town, a railyard, and a downtown business district typical of small western towns.