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Parks in Colorado

Explore 113 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge

Colorado

Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 to provide food, cover, and breeding habitat for migr…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Alpine Loop Back Country Byway

Alpine Loop Back Country Byway

Colorado

The Alpine Loop Back Country Byway (BCB) offers a rugged, immersive backcountry experience in Colorado's San J…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area

Amache National Historic Site

Colorado

Amache, also known as the Granada Relocation Center, near Granada, Colorado was one of ten incarceration sites…

ParkNational Historic Site
Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG

Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee NG

Colorado

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Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests

Colorado

Stretching across the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado, Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests enc…

2,403 sq mi
ParkNational Forest
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Colorado

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The Ar…

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Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge

Colorado

The wetland complexes of Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge provide important water resources that support rest…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Colorado

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain b…

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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Colorado

In the 1840s the Arkansas River was the border between territory claimed by the United States and Mexico. Loca…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Colorado

In the 1840s the Arkansas River was the border between territory claimed by the United States and Mexico. Loca…

ParkNational Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Colorado

Big enough to be overwhelming, still intimate enough to feel the pulse of time, the Black Canyon of the Gunnis…

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Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park

Colorado

Big enough to be overwhelming, yet still intimate enough to feel the pulse of time. Come see some of the steep…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Blanca Wetlands

Blanca Wetlands

Colorado

The Blanca Wetlands Area of Critical Environmental Concern, or Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, is an area of the…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area

Bocco Mountain

Colorado

Bocco Mountain Recreation Area is a small upland riding area with fantastic scenery.There are 18 miles of sing…

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Bonny Reservoir (Bonny Lake State Park)

Colorado

Bonny Dam and Reservoir are on the South Fork of the Republican River near Hale, Colorado just west of the Kan…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Browns Canyon National Monument

Browns Canyon National Monument

Colorado

Browns Canyon National Monument , a 21,586 acres (8,736 ha) national monument in Chaffee County, Colorado was …

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Buzzard Gulch Trail System

Buzzard Gulch Trail System

Colorado

Located just west of Montrose, Colorado, the Buzzard Gulch Trail System has evolved into a wonderful renewed r…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area

Carter Reservoir (Carter Lake)

Colorado

Developments include 5 campgrounds with 151 campsites and 3 boat-launch ramps. A concession-operated public ma…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Chatfield Lake

Chatfield Lake

Colorado

Chatfield Dam, located southwest of Denver on the South Platte River, was the second of three dams built to pr…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Cherry Creek Lake

Cherry Creek Lake

Colorado

Cherry Creek Dam, located at the southeast edge of Denver in Aurora, CO, was the first of the three dams to be…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Chukar Trail

Chukar Trail

Colorado

This site is the trailhead for Chukar Trail -- the primary boating access to the wilderness portion of the Gun…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area
Colorado River Headwaters Byway

Colorado River Headwaters Byway

Colorado

The Colorado River headwaters begin in Rocky Mountain National Park in northwest Colorado, about 55 miles from…

ParkNat'l Recreation Area

Crawford Reservoir

Colorado

Crawford Reservoir was created by Crawford Dam which crosses Iron Creek, a tributary of the Smith Fork of the …

ParkNat'l Recreation Area

Curecanti National Recreation Area

Colorado

Curecanti National Recreation Area is a series of three reservoirs along the once wild Gunnison River. The res…

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