Hawkins Preserve is a 122-acre (0.49 km2) property within the city limits of Cortez, Colorado. It is protected by a conservation easement held by the Montezuma Land Conservancy.
The property for the preserve was donated to the Cortez Cultural Center in the 1990s by Jack Hawkins which includes:
- Biological and botanical resources in a pinion-juniper woodland that is bounded by sandstone potholes and McElmo Creek.
- Prehistoric archaeological sites.
Read more about Hawkins Preserve: Nature Preserve
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