List of Colorado state parks

Locations of the Colorado State Parks.

This is a list of the state parks in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state park system to accommodate both outdoor recreation and tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, and there are others in development.^[1] Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year.

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

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Colorado State Parks

Park Name	County or Counties	Size		Year Established	Remarks	Image
Park Name	County or Counties	acre	ha	Year Established	Remarks	Image
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
Sweetwater Lake State Park	Garfield	500	200	2021	Under development. The establishment of the park was announced on Oct. 20, 2021.
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

References

^ "Your Guide to Colorado's 41 State Parks" (PDF). Colorado Parks and Wildlife. 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
^ Argueta, Brenda (October 30, 2020). "Gov. Jared Polis officially opens Fishers Peak State Park in Trinidad". KOAA News 5. Pueblo, Colorado. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

External links

State of Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
  - Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    - Colorado State Recreation Lands
    - Map of Colorado State Parks

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Federal

4 National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain
9 National Monuments	Browns Canyon (BLM-USFS) Camp Hale-Continental Divide (USFS) Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House
3 National Historic Sites	Amache Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre
2 National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti
1 Wild and Scenic River	Cache la Poudre River
4 National Historic Trails	California Trail Old Spanish Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail
1 National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail
11 National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Medicine Bow–Routt Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River
2 National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee
44 National Wildernesses	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Canyon Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Hermosa Creek 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 Rocky Mountain National Park Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk
3 National Conservation Areas	Dominguez–Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons
8 National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds
3 National Heritage Areas	Cache la Poudre River Corridor Sangre de Cristo South Park
28 National Historic Landmarks	Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Bent's Old Fort Central City/Black Hawk Historic District Colorado Chautauqua Cripple Creek Historic District Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Denver Civic Center Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Elitch Gardens Carousel Georgetown–Silver Plume Historic District Granada War Relocation Center Leadville Historic District Lindenmeier site Lowry Pueblo Ludlow Tent Colony Site Mesa Verde Administrative District Minnequa Steel Works Pikes Peak Pike's Stockade Raton Pass Red Rocks Park Shenandoah-Dives Mill Silverton Historic District Telluride Historic District Temple Aaron Trujillo Homesteads United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area Winks Panorama
16 National Natural Landmarks	Big Spring Creek Garden of the Gods Garden Park Fossil Area Hanging Lake Indian Springs Trace Fossil Natural Area Lost Creek Scenic Area Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas Raton Mesa Roxborough Russell Lakes Sand Creek Slumgullion Earthflow Spanish Peaks Sulphur Cave and Spring Summit Lake West Bijou Site
National Register of Historic Places	National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado

State

43 State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Fishers Peak 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 Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweetwater Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River
1 State Forest	State Forest
307 State Wildlife Areas	List of Colorado state wildlife areas
96 State Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain-Little Thompson Fault Bonny Prairie Boulder Mountain Park Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Coal Creek Tallgrass Prairie Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Corral Bluffs Cross Mountain Canyon Dakota Hogback Deer Gulch Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Escalante Canyon 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 Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Mount Callahan & Logan Wash Mine Mount Emmons Iron Bog Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough 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 Tamarack Ranch Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls
26 Scenic and Historic Byways	Alpine Loop Cache la Poudre-North Park Collegiate Peaks Colorado River Headwaters Dinosaur Diamond Flat Tops Trail Frontier Pathways Gold Belt Tour Grand Mesa Guanella Pass Highway of Legends Lariat Loop Los Caminos Antiguos Mount Evans Pawnee Pioneer Trails Peak to Peak San Juan Skyway Santa Fe Trail Silver Thread South Platte River Trail Top of the Rockies Tracks Across Borders Trail of the Ancients Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Unaweep Tabeguache West Elk Loop