Place to unhook trailer for a few hours in Durango CO.

Plan B...........

1) Don't have to RUSH :B
2) Don't have to worry.......will trailer still be there when we get back :E
2) Don't have to RUSH :C

There aren't any truck stops in Durango that I recall. Nor can I think of any good places to drop a trailer for a few hours. However there is a Walmart and a Home Depot in town. While neither (I think it is by city ordinance) that there is no camping overnight at either however just dropping a trailer for a few hours might be totally doable as I see rvs in those lots frequently. Perhaps a call beforehand to the Walmart manager would be in order.
http://www.downtowndurango.org/parking. You might also try calling some of the local campgrounds and see if they would allow it. I know one of the KOA's we use occasionally around here will let me leave my trailer in their storage/overflow parking area if I am going to be later than an 11am departure so as not to incur an extra day rental (I know?? too long of a set of circumstances to get into why I would need to do that but I have and doing it again this weekend)

Also if in Mesa Verde perhaps you could spend another night there and drive that trip from there making a loop go to Durango, Silverton, Ouray then left on to HWY 62 at Ridgeway, up over Dallas Divide to Placerville then another left on to 145 then into Telluride, Rico, Dolores, Cortez and back to Mesa Verde.

I would go with Plan B. Ride the train.

I would call Alpen Rose RV Park on the north side of Durango.
They have a storage area.
They will probably charge you something.
This would be a safe place to park.
970-247-5540
Good Luck!
Pat

June of 2016 I pulled my 3 horse with living quarters without the horses, up to durango. had planned on taking the train up to silverton and taking the bus back down to durango. got there too late so took the bus up to silverton and rode the train back. when we got back to durango it was late afternoon around 5pm. took off in the truck pulling the trailer and pulled off the road at the lime creek burn monument and spent the night with a beautiful view of mountains with snow on the tops. It was warm when we parked but when we woke up it was 48 degrees. dove on and took the million dollar highway, Ouray and ended up in Grand Junction before we headed back east. I took all the scenic roads pulling the trailer.

Jay Pat wrote:
I would call Alpen Rose RV Park on the north side of Durango.
They have a storage area.
They will probably charge you something.
This would be a safe place to park.
970-247-5540
Good Luck!
Pat

X2, while there they even walked our dog every two hours during our train ride. By the way Durango pass a city ordnance prohibiting trailer parking in public lots

For $10/day, you can park your entire RV in the Durango & Silverton NGRR parking lot and ride the train to Silverton. Then you take their bus back to Durango and get to see Animas Canyon on the train and the Million Dollar Highway on the bus. That way, you leave the driving to them and get to enjoy and photograph the spectacular scenery in both directions. Could save your sanity and your marriage as well!

The other suggestion would be to check with the La Plata County Fairgrounds about leaving your trailer there. They have a campground with electric/water hookups and may allow you to park a trailer temporarily. Of course, you could also spend the night there for $16.50 including hookups.

Personally, I wouldn't even THINK about leaving my trailer unhooked at the Durango Walmart, Home Depot, City Market, etc. And not because of theft, but because of the Durango police. Do you know how many people are looking for free parking every summer and fall morning in Durango before the trains leave? About 200,000 riders a year, on 4 trains a day, on the D&SNGRR. Plus non-train riding tourists--fishermen, whitewater rafters, campers, Jeep tours, etc. And almost all of that traffic is between Memorial Day and Labor Day.