{"id":"nps-amch","slug":"amache-national-historic-site","name":"Amache National Historic Site","designation":"National Historic Site","category":"historic-site","categoryLabel":"Historic Site and Historical Park","agency":{"code":"NPS","name":"National Park Service","department":"U.S. Department of the Interior","url":"https://www.nps.gov"},"managedBy":[{"code":"NPS","name":"National Park Service","department":"U.S. Department of the Interior","url":"https://www.nps.gov","unitCode":"AMCH","designation":"National Historic Site","sourceId":"nps-amch"}],"states":["CO"],"stateNames":["Colorado"],"location":{"lat":38.04962,"lon":-102.32903},"bbox":[-102.3382,38.0422,-102.3198,38.0569],"acres":{"value":474,"kind":"gis-estimate","source":"Computed from the simplified boundary","note":"Approximate. The managing agency publishes official acreage."},"firstProtected":null,"established":null,"administrations":[],"designationHistory":[],"summary":"Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, near Granada, Colorado was one of ten incarceration sites established by the War Relocation Authority during World War II to unjustly incarcerate Japanese Americans. Over 10,000 people, most American citizens, were incarcerated at Amache from 1942 to 1945.","summarySource":"National Park Service","guide":{},"trConnection":null,"trConnections":[],"trTypes":[],"links":{"official":"https://www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm","social":{},"recreationGov":null,"alltrails":null,"alltrailsExplore":"https://www.alltrails.com/explore?b_tl_lat=38.0569&b_tl_lng=-102.3382&b_br_lat=38.0422&b_br_lng=-102.3198","recreationGovSearch":"https://www.recreation.gov/search?q=Amache%20National%20Historic%20Site","directions":"https://www.nps.gov/amch/planyourvisit/directions.htm"},"images":[{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/77556B60-DD36-5A0E-087CCD00135FD71D.jpg","title":"Water tower","alt":"A water tower on the horizon next to trees","caption":"The water tower at Amache was a landmark that could be seen from miles.","credit":"NPS Photo/J. Ellis","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/77CB479D-9586-2D05-5D4A0D9E3EE22E98.jpg","title":"Gardens at Amache","alt":"black and white image of a Japanese styled garden with a small koi pond.","caption":"Gardens at Amache provided beauty in a harsh landscape.","credit":"Courtesy of Sonoma State.","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/CBEEB106-C27F-C531-A00DFADE8502EE93.jpg","title":"Amache Barracks","alt":"A row of concrete foundations in a dry grassy field with a group of trees in the background.","caption":"Almost all of the historical foundations remain onsite and are visible.","credit":"© Sandra Sugawara: Cannot be reproduced without permission of Sandra Sugawara,","source":"NPS"},{"url":"https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/structured_data/CCDBDE18-9724-EE0F-B944AC0392819DA3.jpg","title":"Amache Sunset","alt":"A dead tree rises from a grassy field and is silhouetted against a pink cloud at sunset.","caption":"All of the trees on site were either planted by incarcerees or are descended from the trees planted by incarcerees. From the book \"Show Me The Way To Go To Home.\" [Radius Books]","credit":"© Sandra Sugawara: Cannot be reproduced without permission of Sandra Sugawara","source":"NPS"}],"activities":["Guided Tours","Self-Guided Tours - Auto","Junior Ranger Program"],"topics":["Asian American Heritage","Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite","Farming and Agriculture","Incarceration","Japanese-American Internment","Military","US Army","Wars and Conflicts","World War II"],"fees":[],"passes":[],"hours":[{"name":"Amache National Historic Site","description":"The site is currently open to the public with limited hours and services. The site currently consists of a cemetery, a monument, building foundations, and landscaping. Interpretive panels and a downloadable self-guided auto tour are available on amache.org to assist with navigation of the site. There is no visitor center at the site.","standardHours":{"wednesday":"Sunrise to Sunset","monday":"Sunrise to Sunset","thursday":"Sunrise to Sunset","sunday":"Sunrise to Sunset","tuesday":"Sunrise to Sunset","friday":"Sunrise to Sunset","saturday":"Sunrise to Sunset"},"exceptions":[]}],"directions":"Amache National Historic Site is in southeastern Colorado about 1.5 miles west of the town of Granada, 17.5 miles east of Lamar, and half an hour drive from the Kansas border. The site is located off Highway 385/50 along the Santa Fe Trail.","weatherInfo":"The site is located in Colorado on the High Plains, an arid, windy, and sunny environment. Temperatures and conditions can be extreme in this region, with hot, arid summers that include occasional thunderstorms and tornadoes, as well as cold and snowy winters.","contacts":{"phone":"719-936-7600","email":"Amache_visitor_information@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[],"campgrounds":[],"thingsToDo":[],"nearby":[{"slug":"sand-creek-massacre-national-historic-site","km":60},{"slug":"bents-old-fort-national-historic-site","km":96},{"slug":"cimarron-national-grassland","km":113},{"slug":"comanche-national-grassland","km":128},{"slug":"optima-national-wildlife-refuge","km":185},{"slug":"rita-blanca-national-grassland","km":187}],"hasBoundary":true,"boundarySource":{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division","url":"https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2224545"},"sources":[{"name":"NPS Data API","url":"https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1/parks?parkCode=amch"},{"name":"NPS Land Resources Division boundaries","url":"https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NPS_Land_Resources_Division_Boundary_and_Tract_Data_Service/FeatureServer/2"}],"editorialStatus":"draft","synced":"2026-11-09T02:12:45.601Z","alerts":[{"source":"NPS","kind":"Information","title":"No Visitor Center","text":"Currently, there is no visitor center for Amache National Historic Site. There is a museum in the town of Granada that is operated by Amache Preservation Society. Learn more at amache.org","url":"http://amache.org","updated":"2024-03-18 17:46:48.0","id":"nps-2796882C-7751-4FD5-94AF-5699D36FDBB2"},{"source":"NPS","kind":"Information","title":"Limited Cell Phone Coverage","text":"Cell phone voice and data coverage is very limited in the park and surrounding area.","url":null,"updated":"2023-08-08 12:19:41.0","id":"nps-2B0B41A6-307A-4824-B46B-CAFC90917500"}],"url":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/sites/amache-national-historic-site/","boundaryUrl":"https://directory.labs.trlibrary.com/boundaries/amache-national-historic-site.geojson"}