List of Colorado state parks
This is a list of Colorado State Parks.
The Colorado State Parks system integrates outdoor recreation with tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, and there is one in development.[1] Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year. Colorado State Parks celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2009.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife takes the lead in managing Colorado's boating, off-highway vehicle, snowmobile, river-outfitter licensing, and trails programs.
Colorado State Parks[]
Park Name | County or Counties |
Size | Year Established |
Remarks | Image | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
acre | ha | |||||
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area | Chaffee, Fremont, Lake, Pueblo |
6,193 | 2,506 | 1998 | ||
Barr Lake State Park | Adams | 2,715 | 1,099 | 1977 | ||
Boyd Lake State Park | Larimer | 334 | 135 | 1965 | ||
Castlewood Canyon State Park | Douglas | 2,621 | 1,061 | 1964 | ||
Chatfield State Park | Douglas, Jefferson |
3,895 | 1,576 | 1975 | ||
Cherry Creek State Park | Arapahoe | 3,346 | 1,354 | 1959 | ||
Cheyenne Mountain State Park | El Paso | 1,680 | 680 | 2006 | ||
Crawford State Park | Delta, Montrose |
734 | 297 | 1964 | ||
Eldorado Canyon State Park | Boulder | 885 | 358 | 1978 | ||
Eleven Mile State Park | Park | 7,662 | 3,101 | 1970 | ||
Elkhead Reservoir State Park | Moffat, Routt |
2,200 | 890 | 2006 | ||
Fishers Peak State Park | Las Animas | 19,200 | 7,800 | 2020 | The park opened on October 30, 2020.[2] | |
Golden Gate Canyon State Park | Jefferson, Gilpin |
12,119 | 4,904 | 1960 | ||
Harvey Gap State Park | Garfield | 320 | 130 | 1987 | ||
Highline Lake State Park | Mesa | 563 | 228 | 1967 | ||
Jackson Lake State Park | Morgan | 3,305 | 1,337 | 1965 | ||
James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park | Mesa | 890 | 360 | 1994 | ||
John Martin Reservoir State Park | Bent | 13,176 | 5,332 | 2001 | ||
Lake Pueblo State Park | Pueblo | 10,279 | 4,160 | 1975 | ||
Lathrop State Park | Huerfano | 1,596 | 646 | 1962 | ||
Lone Mesa State Park | Dolores | 11,702 | 4,736 | N/A | Under development. | |
Lory State Park | Larimer | 2,492 | 1,008 | 1975 | ||
Mancos State Park | Montezuma | 553 | 224 | 1987 | ||
Mueller State Park | Teller | 5,112 | 2,069 | 1988 | ||
Navajo State Park | Archuleta, La Plata |
5,087 | 2,059 | 1964 | ||
North Sterling State Park | Logan | 5,700 | 2,300 | 1992 | ||
Paonia State Park | Gunnison | 1,857 | 752 | 1964 | ||
Pearl Lake State Park | Routt | 300 | 120 | 1964 | ||
Ridgway State Park | Ouray | 3,201 | 1,295 | 1989 | ||
Rifle Falls State Park | Garfield | 48 | 19 | 1966 | ||
Rifle Gap State Park | Garfield | 1,341 | 543 | 1966 | ||
Roxborough State Park | Douglas | 3,317 | 1,342 | 1975 | ||
Spinney Mountain State Park | Park | 6,080 | 2,460 | 1987 | ||
St. Vrain State Park | Weld | 688 | 278 | 1965 | ||
Stagecoach State Park | Routt | 1,641 | 664 | 1965 | ||
State Forest State Park | Jackson, Larimer |
70,838 | 28,667 | 1970 | ||
Staunton State Park | Park, Jefferson |
3,652 | 1,478 | 2013 | ||
Steamboat Lake State Park | Routt | 2,820 | 1,140 | 1967 | ||
Sweitzer Lake State Park | Delta | 210 | 85 | 1972 | ||
Sylvan Lake State Park | Eagle | 1,548 | 626 | 1987 | ||
Trinidad Lake State Park | Las Animas | 2,860 | 1,160 | 1980 | ||
Vega State Park | Mesa | 1,823 | 738 | 1967 | ||
Yampa River State Park | Routt, Moffat |
3,112 | 1,259 | 1998 |
See also[]
- State of Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- List of protected areas of Colorado
References[]
- ^ "Your Guide to Colorado's 41 State Parks, 2018 online edition" (PDF). Colorado Parks and Wildlife. 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ Argueta, Brenda (2020-10-30). "Gov. Jared Polis officially opens Fishers Peak State Park in Trinidad". KOAA News 5. Pueblo, Colorado. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
External links[]
Coordinates: 38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W / 38.9972°N 105.5478°W
Categories:
- State parks of Colorado
- Colorado geography-related lists
- Protected areas of Colorado
- Tourism in Colorado
- Tourist attractions in Colorado
- Lists of state parks of the United States