List of Colorado state parks

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This is a list of state parks in the Colorado State Parks system.

The Colorado State Parks system integrates outdoor recreation with tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, there are two in development. Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year. Colorado State Parks celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2009.

This agency also takes lead in managing Colorado's boating, off-highway vehicle, snowmobile, river-outfitter licensing, and trails programs.

Park Name	County or Counties	Area	Year opened	Remarks
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area	Chaffee, Fremont, Lake, Pueblo	70036193000000000006,193 acres (2,506 ha)	1998
Barr Lake State Park	Adams	70032715000000000002,715 acres (1,099 ha)	1977
Bonny Lake State Park	Yuma	70034793000000000004,793 acres (1,940 ha)	1966
Boyd Lake State Park	Larimer	7002334000000000000334 acres (135 ha)	1965
Castlewood Canyon State Park	Douglas	70032621000000000002,621 acres (1,061 ha)	1964
Chatfield State Park	Douglas, Jefferson	70033895000000000003,895 acres (1,576 ha)	1975
Cherry Creek State Park	Arapahoe	70033346000000000003,346 acres (1,354 ha)	1959
Cheyenne Mountain State Park	El Paso	70031680000000000001,680 acres (680 ha)	2006
Crawford State Park	Delta, Montrose	7002734000000000000734 acres (297 ha)	1964
Eldorado Canyon State Park	Boulder	7002885000000000000885 acres (358 ha)	1978
Eleven Mile State Park	Park	70037662000000000007,662 acres (3,101 ha)	1970
Golden Gate Canyon State Park	Jefferson, Gilpin	700411998000000000011,998 acres (4,855 ha)	1960
Harvey Gap State Park	Garfield	7002320000000000000320 acres (130 ha)	1987
Highline Lake State Park	Mesa	7002563000000000000563 acres (228 ha)	1967
Jackson Lake State Park	Morgan	70033305000000000003,305 acres (1,337 ha)	1965
James M. Robb - Colorado River State Park	Mesa	7002890000000000000890 acres (360 ha)	1994
John Martin Reservoir State Park	Bent	700413176000000000013,176 acres (5,332 ha)	2001
Lake Pueblo State Park	Pueblo	700410279000000000010,279 acres (4,160 ha)	1975
Lathrop State Park	Huerfano	70031596000000000001,596 acres (646 ha)	1962
Lone Mesa State Park	Dolores	700411702000000000011,702 acres (4,736 ha)	N/A	Under development.
Lory State Park	Larimer	70032492000000000002,492 acres (1,008 ha)	1975
Mancos State Park	Montezuma	7002553000000000000553 acres (224 ha)	1987
Mueller State Park	Teller	70035112000000000005,112 acres (2,069 ha)	1988
Navajo State Park	Archuleta, La Plata	70035087000000000005,087 acres (2,059 ha)	1964
North Sterling State Park	Logan	70035700000000000005,700 acres (2,300 ha)	1992
Paonia State Park	Gunnison	70031857000000000001,857 acres (752 ha)	1964
Pearl Lake State Park	Routt	7002300000000000000300 acres (120 ha)	1964
Ridgway State Park	Ouray	70033201000000000003,201 acres (1,295 ha)	1989
Rifle Falls State Park	Garfield	700148000000000000048 acres (19 ha)	1966
Rifle Gap State Park	Garfield	70031341000000000001,341 acres (543 ha)	1966
Roxborough State Park	Douglas	70033317000000000003,317 acres (1,342 ha)	1975
San Luis State Park	Alamosa	7002586000000000000586 acres (237 ha)	1993
Spinney Mountain State Park	Park	70036080000000000006,080 acres (2,460 ha)	1987
St. Vrain State Park	Weld	7002688000000000000688 acres (278 ha)	1965
Stagecoach State Park	Routt	70031641000000000001,641 acres (664 ha)	1965
State Forest State Park	Jackson, Larimer	700470838000000000070,838 acres (28,667 ha)	1970
Staunton State Park	Park, Jefferson	70033652000000000003,652 acres (1,478 ha)	2013
Steamboat Lake State Park	Routt	70032820000000000002,820 acres (1,140 ha)	1967
Sweitzer Lake State Park	Delta	7002210000000000000210 acres (85 ha)	1972
Sylvan Lake State Park	Eagle	70031548000000000001,548 acres (626 ha)	1987
Trinidad Lake State Park	Las Animas	70032860000000000002,860 acres (1,160 ha)	1980
Vega State Park	Mesa	70031823000000000001,823 acres (738 ha)	1967
Yampa River State Park	Routt, Moffat	70033112000000000003,112 acres (1,259 ha)	1998

External links

Colorado State Parks website

Protected areas of the State of Colorado

Federal

National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain

National Monuments	Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House

National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti

National Historic Sites	Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre

National Historic Trails	Old Spanish Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail

National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail

National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt Routt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River

National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee

National Wilderness	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Holy Cross Hunter-Fryingpan Indian Peaks James Peak La Garita Lizard Head Lost Creek Maroon Bells – Snowmass Mesa Verde Mount Evans Mount Massive Mount Sneffels Mount Zirkel Neota Never Summer Platte River Powderhorn Ptarmigan Peak Raggeds Rawah Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk

National Conservation Areas	Dominguez-Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons

National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds

BLM ACECs	66 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern

State

Colorado State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Bonny Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough San Luis Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River

Colorado Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Ant Hill Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain Bonny Prairie Boston Peak Fen Boulder Mountain Park Boulder Valley Heronry Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Cross Mountain Canyon Daves Draw Deep Creek Deer Gulch Dinosaur Ridge Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Elk River Escalante Canyon Escalante Creek Fairview Fourmile Creek Fruita Paleontological Garden Park Fossil Gateway Palisade Geneva Basin Iron Fens Gothic Gunnison Gravels Haviland Lake High Creek Fen High Mesa Grassland Hoosier Ridge Hurricane Canyon Indian Spring Indian Springs Trace Fossil Irish Canyon Jimmy Creek Ken-Caryl Ranch Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Lake Pasture Lake San Cristobal Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lost Park Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Moosehead Mountain Mount Callahan Mount Callahan Saddle Mount Emmons Iron Fen Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Park Mesa Pawnee Woodlands Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rocky Mountain Woodfrog Pond Rough Canyon Roxborough Running Creek Ryan Gulch Saddle Mountain San Miguel River Sand Creek Shell Duck Creek Shell Rock Slumgullion Earthflow South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek South Cathedral Bluffs Specimen Mountain Staunton Tabeguache Tamarack Ranch Tern Island Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Uncompahgre Fritillary Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Williams Creek Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls

State Wildlife Areas	307 Colorado State Wildlife Areas

Other

Trails	American Discovery Trail Colorado Trail Continental Divide Trail Great Divide Trail Kokopelli's Trail Paradox Trail Tabeguache Trail

Colorado Department of Natural Resources (web)

Lists of state parks by U.S. state

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