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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.
Castlewood Canyon State Park is a Colorado state park near Franktown, Colorado. The park retains a unique part of Colorado's history, the remains of Castlewood Canyon Dam. Visitors can still see the remnants and damage from that dam which burst in 1933. The event sent a 15-foot (5 m) wave of water all the way to downtown Denver resulting in a ...
Location: Otero County, Colorado, United States: Nearest city: La Junta, Colorado: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 799 acres (3.23 km 2) [2]: Built: 1833: Architect: William Bent; Charles Bent: Visitation: 28,131 (2009) [3]: Website: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site: NRHP reference No.: 66000254: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966 [4]: Designated NHL: June 3, 1960: Designated NHS ...
Cranmer Park is a city park in Denver, United States [2] located in the Hilltop neighborhood off Colorado Boulevard between East 1st and East 3rd Avenue. It is notable for its large sundial . An inscription at the base describes the axis of the gnomon as elevated 39°43' in the direction of polar north .
Roxborough State Park, a 3,339-acre (13.51 km 2) [2] Colorado State Park, is known for dramatic red sandstone formations. It is located in Douglas County 25 miles (40 km) south of Denver, Colorado. In 1980 it was recognized as a National Natural Landmark because of the number of ecological systems and geological formations. It is also a State ...
When Denver was founded in 1858, it was little more than a mining camp. By the 1870s however, Denver had gained a substantial permanent population, and many residents were clamoring for parks. In 1878, the Colorado state legislature passed a bill to allow Denver to acquire 1,280 acres (5.2 km 2) of state land to build parks. City Park became ...
Lookout Mountain Park is a Denver Mountain Park located around 12 miles (20 km) west of downtown Denver overlooking Golden, Colorado.It consists of 65.7 acres (266,000 m 2) of evergreen wilderness atop Lookout Mountain, named for its being a favored lookout point of the native Ute Indian tribe.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Sylvan Lake State Park is a Colorado state park located in Eagle County , 10 miles (16 km) south of Eagle, Colorado . The 1,548-acre (626 ha) park established in 1987 and surrounded by the White River National Forest includes a 42-acre (17 ha) lake and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of trails.