Parks in Colorado
Explore 113 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Colorado
Curecanti National Recreation Area is a series of three reservoirs along the once wild Gunnison River. The res…
Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado
Dinosaur features one of the largest dinosaur fossil quarries ever found, with over 1,500 bones still embedded…
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
Colorado
The Dominquez-Escalante National Conservation Area includes the remote Dominguez Canyon Wilderness, recreation…
Durango SRMA
Colorado
The Durango Special Recreation Management Area is comprised of isolated parcels of public lands surrounding Du…
Eagle River Recreation Management Area
Colorado
The Eagle River Extensive Recreation Management Area provides excellent recreational opportunities, especially…
Eagles Nest Wilderness
Colorado
Named for the eagle nests on rocky cliffs, Eagles Nest features alpine lakes, peaks over 13,000 feet, and 180 …
Emerald Mountain
Colorado
In Colorado, the day-use only Emerald Mountain Recreation Area located near Steamboat Springs provides opportu…
Flat-Top Peach Valley
Colorado
Flat Top-Peach Valley is an upland desert landscape within Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. It is mo…
Flatiron Reservoir
Colorado
Flatiron Dam and Reservoir are located on Chimney Hollow Creek 8 miles southwest of Loveland, Colorado. The da…
Fruitgrowers Reservoir
Colorado
Fruitgrowers Reservoir was created by Fruitgrowers Dam which crosses Alfalfa Run. Alfalfa Runs natural flow i…
Garden Park Fossil Area
Colorado
Fossils of well-known species of large dinosaurs have been discovered at this site over the last 120 years. Ma…
Gold Belt Tour Back Country Byway
Colorado
The Gold Belt Tour Back Country Byway retraces the historic travel routes for the World’s Greatest Gold Camp, …
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
Colorado
Spanning over 3.16 million acres across western Colorado, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) Nati…
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Colorado
Open 24/7 year round! There are no timed entries or reservations to visit. The tallest dunes in North America…
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Colorado
The tallest dunes in North America are the centerpiece in a diverse landscape of grasslands, wetlands, conifer…
Green Mountain Reservoir
Colorado
The dam is on the western slope 13 miles southeast of Kremmling, Colorado, on the Blue River, a tributary of t…
Gunnison
Colorado
The Gunnison Area includes the very popular Hartman Rocks recreation use area just a few miles SW of Gunnison.…
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
Colorado
Just north of Montrose in west-central Colorado lies the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (NCA), a di…
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness
Colorado
The Gunnison Gorge Wilderness offers a wild and pristine backcountry experience, with its unique black granite…
Gypsum Hills
Colorado
Gypsum Hills Recreation Area is easily accessible located right off of I-70. Challenging four-wheel drive rout…
Hardscrabble - East Eagle
Colorado
Hardscrabble Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) is located between Gypsum and Eagle, and has become a t…
Horsetooth Reservoir
Colorado
Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado-Big Thompson Project, furnishes the main water supply for the Poudre Valley. T…
Hovenweep National Monument
Colorado
Once home to over 2,500 people, Hovenweep includes six prehistoric villages built between A.D. 1200 and 1300. …
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established on January 28, 1932, by Executive Order. Consisting of 1,…